Into the pas whanne he was falle,

Thembuisschementz tobrieken alle[1276]

P. iii. 209

And him beclipte on every side,

That fle ne myhte he noght aside:

So that ther weren dede and take

Tuo hundred thousend for his sake, 3480

That weren with him of his host.

And thus was leid the grete bost

Of him and of his tirannie:[1277]