Ne weren he neuere ayen hem fikel.
On knes ful fayre he hem setten,
And hauelok swiþe fayre gretten,
They welcome Havelok very kindly.
And seyden, “welkome, louerd dere!
And welkome be þi fayre fere!
Blessed be þat ilke þrawe,
Þat þou hire toke in godes lawe!
Wel is hus we sen þe on lyue,
Þou mithe us boþe selle and yeue;