Bot non of hem the cause wiste,

Bot wenden that he hadde sporned

Per chance, and so was overtorned. 4740

Bot Brutus al an other mente;

For he knew wel in his entente

Hou therthe of every mannes kinde

Is Moder: bot thei weren blinde,

And sihen noght so fer as he.

Bot whan thei leften the Cite[1390]

And comen hom to Rome ayein,