He smote downe many a man.

37.

There myght no man stand hys stroke,

So fersly on them he ran:

Then they threw wyndowes and dores on him

And so toke that good yeman.

38.

There they hym bounde both hand and fote,

And in a deepe dongeon him cast:

‘Now, Cloudesle,’ sayd the hye justice,