As he the Cite wolde assaile,
Godd tok himselve the bataille 2000
Ayein his Pride, and fro the sky
A firy thonder sodeinly
He sende, and him to pouldre smot.
And thus the Pride which was hot,
Whan he most in his strengthe wende,[410]
Was brent and lost withouten ende:
So that it proeveth wel therfore,
The strengthe of man is sone lore,