For-þi þat he is so with.
And yif he liuede, þo foule theues,
Þat weren of kaym kin and eues,
He sholden hange bi þe necke;
Of here ded daþeit wo recke,
Hwan he yeden þus on nithes
To binde boþe burgmen and knithes.
For bynderes loue ich neuere mo,
Of hem ne yeue ich nouht a slo.”
[89] MS. ine.