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