Following that other fleet (host), and found them soon,

Ouer-tok hem, as tyd, tult hem of sadeles

Over-took them in a trice, tilted them off saddles,

Tyl vche prynce hade his per put to þe grounde

Till each prince had his peer put to the ground;

& þer watȝ þe kyng kaȝt wyth calde prynces

And there was the king caught with crafty princes,

& alle hise gentyle for-iusted on Ierico playnes

And all his nobles vanquished on Jericho’s plains. —([pp. 71, 72].)

(VIII.) Belshazzar’s impious feast ([pp. 76-80]), and the handwriting upon the wall ([pp. 80, 81]).