Þe helde men, and ek þe grom,
And made þer þe rithe dom,
And seyden unto þe king anon,
Þat stille sat [al] so þe ston:
“He is to be flayed, drawn, and hung.”
“We deme, þat he be al quic slawen,[112]
And siþen to þe galwes drawe[n],
At þis foule mere tayl;
Þoru is fet a ful strong nayl;
[Fol. 216b, col. 2.]