In his hond is swerd ut-drawe,
Hauelok he wende þore haue slawe;
And with [him] comen oþer two,
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Þat him wolde of liue haue do.
HAVELOK SLAYS SEVEN OF THE THIEVES.
Hauelok lifte up þe dore-tre,
He kills them all.
And at a dint he slow hem þre;
Was non of hem þat his hernes