“Athelwold said I was to marry his daughter to the strongest man alive.
The king aþelwald me dide swere
Vpon al þe messe-gere,
Þat y shu[l]de his douthe[r] yeue
Þe hexte [man] þat mithe liue,
Þe beste, þe fairest, þe strangest ok;
Þat gart he me sweren on þe bok.
Hwere mithe i finden ani so hey
[Fol. 210, col. 1.]
So hauelok is, or so sley?