With every word which cam to mouthe,

Of eny thing whan he was wroth,[1576]

He wolde swere his commun oth,

Be Lethen and be Flegeton,[1577]

Be Cochitum and Acheron, 1110

The whiche, after the bokes telle,

Ben the chief flodes of the helle:[1578]

Be Segne and Stige he swor also,

That ben the depe Pettes tuo

Of helle the most principal.