And in this hous to loke and warde
Was Minotaurus put in warde,
P. ii. 305
That what lif that therinne cam,[356]
Or man or beste, he overcam 5300
And slow, and fedde him therupon;
And in this wise many on[357]
Out of Athenys for truage
Devoured weren in that rage.
For every yeer thei schope hem so,