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,