Cum nu swiþe un-to him,

Þat king is of þis kuneriche.

Þu fule man! þu wicke swike!

who will repay him.

And he shal yelde þe þi mede,

Bi crist þat wolde on rode blede!”

[106] Qu. helde, i.e. old. Unless it means “heed!”

Hwan godard herde þat þer þrette,

Godard and Robert strike each other.

With þe neue he robert sette