Þenne þe kyng of þe kyth a counsayl hym takes _Then the king of the kingdom a counsel him takes,_ Wyth þe best of his burnes, a blench for to make _With the best of his men a device for to make;_ Þay stel out on a stylle nyȝt er any steuen rysed _They stole out on a still night ere any sound arose,_ & harde hurles þurȝ þe oste, er enmies hit wyste _And hard hurled through the host, ere enemies it wist,_ Bot er þay at-wappe ne moȝt þe wach wyth oute _But ere they could escape the watch without,_ Hiȝe skelt watȝ þe askry þe skewes an-vnder _High scattered was the cry, the skies there under,_ Loude alarom vpon launde lulted was þenne _Loud alarm upon land sounded was then;_ Ryche, ruþed of her rest, ran to here wedes, _Rich (men) roused from their rest, ran to their weeds,_ Hard hattes þay hent & on hors lepes _Kettle hats they seized, and on horse leap;_ Cler claryoun crak cryed on-lofte _Clear clarion’s crack cried aloft._ By þat watȝ alle on a hepe hurlande swyþee _By that (time) was all on a heap, hurling fast,_ Folȝande þat oþer flote, & fonde hem bilyue _Following that other fleet (host), and found them soon,_ Ouer-tok hem, as tyd,[18] tult hem of sadeles _Over-took them in a trice, tilted them off saddles,_ Tyl vche prynce hade his per put to þe grounde _Till each prince had his peer put to the ground;_ & þer watȝ þe kyng kaȝt wyth calde prynces _And there was the king caught with crafty princes,_ & alle hise gentyle for-iusted on Ierico playnes _And all his nobles vanquished on Jericho’s plains._ --(pp. 71, 72.) (VIII.) Belshazzar’s impious feast (pp. 76-80), and the handwriting upon the wall (pp. 80, 81).