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]).