"And my sheriff also?"
"Sir, they be slain, without leasing,
And many an officer moe."
"Who hath them slain?" said the king,
"Anon thou tell me:"
"Adam Bel, and Clym of the Clough,
And William of Cloudeslè."
"Alas for ruth!" then said our king,
"My heart is wondrous sore;
I had liefer than a thousand pound,