Of hem whiche of here bodi bore

The children hadde, and so forlore

Withinne a while scholden se.

The Modres wepe in here degre,

And manye of hem aswoune falle,[817]

The yonge babes criden alle:

This noyse aros, the lord it herde,

And loked out, and how it ferde 3240

He sih, and as who seith abreide

Out of his slep, and thus he seide: