He geten children hem bi-twene

Sones and douthres rith fiuetene,

Hwar-of þe sones were kinges alle,

So wolde god it sholde bifalle;

And þe douhtres alle quenes:

Him stondes wel þat god child strenes.

Such is the geste of Havelok and Goldborough.

Nu haue ye herd þe gest al þoru

Of hauelok and of goldeborw.

Hw he weren born, and hw fedde,