And upon hem assote so,[840]
That thei wol have, er that he go,
Al that he hath of worldes good.
Uluxes wel this understod, 1440
P. iii. 50
Thei couthe moche, he couthe more;
Thei schape and caste ayein him sore[841]
And wroghte many a soutil wyle,
Bot yit thei mihte him noght beguile.[842]
Bot of the men of his navie