Hou wofully this cause ferde,

P. i. 268

Bot natheles thei moten bowe;

And thus wommen ther come ynowhe

With children soukende on the Tete.

Tho was ther manye teres lete,

Bot were hem lieve or were hem lothe,

The wommen and the children bothe 3230

Into the Paleis forth be broght[816]

With many a sory hertes thoght