‘Mi fader, that ye scholden be
Ded and destruid in such a wise?’[507]
And he began the pointz devise,
Whiche as the king told him be mowthe,[508]
And seid hir pleinly that he cowthe[509]
Ansuere unto no point of this.
And sche, that hiereth how it is, 3190
P. i. 150
Hire conseil yaf and seide tho:
‘Mi fader, sithen it is so,