ȝe put hem to peynes that ben inportable.
Secundus miles. Nothing in ȝou may be more comendable,
As to dysstroye tho traytores that erre
Ageyn oure lawys, that ben most profytable;
Be rythwysnesse that lawe ȝe must profferre.
Rex Herowdes. Now, be gloryous Mahownd, my sovereyn Savyour,
These promessys I make, as I am trewe knyth!
Thoo that excede his lawys by ony errour,
To the most xamefullest deth I xal hem dyth.
But o thyng is sore in my gret delyte,