Do nu wel with-uten fiht,
Yeld hire þe lond, for þat is rith.
Wile ich forgiue þe þe lathe,
Al mi dede and al mi wrathe,
For y se þu art so with,
And of þi bodi so god knith.”
Godrich refuses.
“Þat ne wile ich neuere mo,”
Quoth erl godrich, “for ich shal slo
Þe, and hire for-henge heye.