“Nay,” quoth, hauelok, “bi my lif!
Hwat sholde ich with wif do?
I ne may hire fede, ne cloþe, ne sho.
Wider sholde ich wimman bringe?
Havelok refuses.
I ne haue none kines þinge.
I ne haue hws, y ne haue cote,
Ne i ne[57] haue stikke, y ne haue sprote,
I ne haue neyþer bred ne sowel,
Ne cloth, but of an hold with couel.