This feat is everywhere talked about.
Þis selkouth mithe nouth ben hyd,
Ful sone it was ful loude kid
Of hauelok, hw he warp þe ston
Ouer þe laddes euerilkon;
Hw he was fayr, hw he was long,
Hw he was with, hw he was strong;
Þoruth england yede þe speke,[53]
Hw he was strong, and ek meke;
In the castel, up in þe halle,