Þou y southe heþen in-to ynde,

So fayr, so strong, ne mithe y finde.

Hauelok is þat ilke knaue,

Þat shal goldeborw haue.”

That is Havelok.”

Þis þouthe [he] with trechery,

With traysoun, and wit felony;

For he wende, þat hauelok wore

Sum cherles sone, and no more;

Ne shulde he hauen of engellond