Havelok knows not what to do.
Ne he ne wisten wat hem douthe;
Þer to dwellen, or þenne to gonge,
Þer ne wolden he dwellen longe,
For he wisten, and ful wel sawe,
Þat godrich hem hatede, þe deuel him hawe!
And yf he dwelleden þer outh—
Þat fel hauelok ful wel on þouth—
Men sholde don his leman shame,
Or elles bringen in wicke blame.