Than was he wroth in to his ſelf and noyt,
The king vows to destroy them;
[11] MS. “ſhat.”
[472] And maid his wow that thei ſhal[11] ben diſtroyt.
His baronis he commandit to gar tak
Fyve of them one to the fir-ſtak,
And vther fyue be to the gibbot tone;
[476] And the furth with the kingis charg ar gone.
but secretly charges his knights not to harm them.
He bad them in to ſecret wyß that thei