Of Venus, as was thanne usage;
So that Paris riht as him liste
Into the temple, er thei it wiste,[675]
Com with his men al sodeinly,
And alle at ones sette ascry
In hem whiche in the temple were,
For tho was mochel poeple there;
Bot of defense was no bote,
So soffren thei that soffre mote. 7550
P. ii. 387