They durst no longer abide;
Then lightly they loosed Cloudeslè,
When he with ropes lay tied.
William stert to an officer of the town,
His axe out of his hand he wrong,
On each side he smote them down,
Him thought he tarried all too long.
William said to his brethren two,
"This day let us together live and die;
If ever you have need as I have now,