Upon this cloak he set it down,

The mouth he opened wide,

To turn the same he made him bown,[265]

The young men ready spy’d ;

In every hand he took a nook

Of that great leathren ‘mail,’ [266]

And with a fling the meal he shook

Into their face all hail : {111}

Wherewith he blinded them so close,

A stime they could not see ;