Therbellis king of Bulgarie
With helpe of his chivalerie
Justinian hath unprisoned
And to thempire ayein coroned.
[Cruelty of Siculus.]
In a Cronique I finde also
Of Siculus, which was ek so
P. iii. 203
Hic loquitur vlterius de crudelitate Siculi tiranni,[1254] necnon et de Berillo eiusdem Consiliario, qui ad tormentum populi quendam taurum eneum tirannica coniectura fabricari constituit; in quo tamen ipse prior, proprio crimine illud exigente, vsque ad sui interitus expiracionem iudicialiter torquebatur.
A cruel king lich the tempeste,