Hw he was mike, hw he was stro{n}g, 960 Hw fayr ma{n} god him hauede maked, [Sidenote: He has nothing to wear but the old sail.] But on þat he was almest naked: For he ne hauede nouth to shride, But a kouel ful unride, 964 Þat [was] ful, and swiþe wicke, Was it nouth worth a fir sticke. [Sidenote: The cook buys him new clothes.] Þe cok biga{n} of him to rewe, And bouthe him cloþes, al spa{n}newe; 968 He bouthe him boþe hose{n} and shon, And sone dide him dones on. [Sidenote: He looks very well in his new suit.] Hwan he was cloþed, osed, and shod, Was no{n} so fayr under god, 972 Þat euere yete in erþe were, Non þat eu{er}e moder bere; It was neu{er}e ma{n} þat yemede In kinneriche, þat so wel semede 976 King or cayser forto be, Þan he was shrid, so semede he; [Sidenote: Havelok is the tallest man in Lincoln, and the strongest in England.] For þa{n}ne he weren alle same{n} At lincolne, at þe game{n}, 980 And þe erles men woren al þore, Þan was hauelok bi þe shuldre{n} more Þan þe meste þat þer kam: In armes him noma{n} [ne] nam, 984 Þat he doune sone ne caste; Hauelok stod ouer he{m} als a mast. Als he was heie, al[49] he was long, He was boþe stark and strong; 988 In engelond [was] non hise per Of strengþe þat eu{er}e ka{m} him ner. Als he was strong, so was he softe; [Headnote: HE SEES SOME MEN “PUTTING THE STONE.”]