So þat with-inne a fourtenith,
In al denemark ne was no knith,
Ne conestable, ne shireue,
Þat com of adam and of eue,
They all come.
Þat he ne com biforn sire ubbe:
He dredden him so þhes[103] doth clubbe.
[103] Qu. þes, i.e. thighs; or the spelling þhes may be intentional; see l. 1984. But Sir F. Madden suggests þeues.
Hwan he haueden alle þe king gret,
And he weren alle dun set,