'Do way!' quaþ he, 'it schal be so.'

Al his kingdom he forsoke;

Bot a sclauin on him he toke;

He no hadde kirtel no hode,

Schert, [<no>] no noþer gode.230

Bot his harp he tok algate,

And dede him barfot out atte ȝate;

No man most wiþ him go.

O way! what þer was wepe and wo,

When he, þat hadde ben king wiþ croun, 235