That here and there his fury had committed.

Anon, I wot not by what [strong] escape,

He broke from those that had the guard of him;

150 And [with] his mad attendant [and himself],

Each one with ireful passion, with drawn swords,

Met us again, and, madly bent on us,

Chased us away; till, raising of more aid,

We came again to bind them. Then they fled

155 Into this abbey, whither we pursued them;

And here the abbess shuts the gates on us,