Overe suche another never he yode,

For of the lengthe none ende he knewe

Thereover algate he moste nowe.

As he wente he herde a crye,

He wondered what hit was, and why,

He syg ther men and wymmen also

That lowde cryed, for hem was woo.

They leyen thykke on every londe,

Faste nayled bothe fote and honde

With nayles glowyng alle of brasse: