With that he sterte up fro the mete,

And schof the bord unto the flor,

And cauhte a swerd anon and suor 5930

That thei scholde of his handes dye.

Begunne with so loude a stevene,

That thei were herd unto the hevene;

The goddes, that the meschief syhe,

Diverseliche, as men mai finde, 5940