And driue hem ut, þei he weren crus,

So dogges ut of milne-hous.

Hauelok grop þe dore-tre,

And [at] a dint he slow hem thre.

He is þe beste man at nede,

Þat euere mar shal ride stede!

Als helpe god, bi mine wone,

He is worth a thousand men.

A þhousend of men his he worth one!

Yif he ne were, ich were nou ded,