And thus lich to a beste wod
Thei knowe noght the god of lif.
Be so thei have or swerd or knif[935]
Here dedly wraththe forto wreke,
Of Pite list hem noght to speke; 1110
Non other reson thei ne fonge,
Bot that thei ben of mihtes stronge.[936]
P. i. 317
Bot war hem wel in other place,[937]
Where every man behoveth grace,