‘[T]herof we are full fayne;

[But] Cryst knoweth that herowed hell,

[H]ow we shall come oute agayne.’

64

‘[Had] we the keys,’ sayd Clym of the Clowgh,

‘Ryght well than sholde we spede;

[Than] myght we come out well ynough,

[Whan] we se tyme and nede.’

65

[They] called the porter to a councell,