The spelling "haddest the law on" is an archaic form of English, meaning "you had the law on your side." In IPA phonetic transcription, it would be transcribed as /ˈhæd.ɛst ði lɔ ɑ:on/ . The word "haddest" is the second person singular past tense of "have," while "the" is pronounced as "ði" and "law" is pronounced as "lɔ." The use of "-est" and "-on" endings in this spelling is typical of Middle English, a period of English from roughly the 11th to the late 15th century.