To taken his deliverance,

The more unbuxomliche he cride;

And every man was fledd aside, 3570

For drede and lefte his oghne hous:

And ate laste it was a Mous,

The which was bore and to norrice

Betake; and tho thei hield hem nyce,[1285]

For thei withoute cause dradde.[1286]

Thus if a king his herte ladde

With every thing that he schal hiere,