[Sidenote: [CRUELTY OF SICULUS.]] In a Cronique I finde also Of Siculus, which was ek so [Sidenote: =P. iii. 203=] [Sidenote: Hic loquitur vlterius de crudelitate Siculi tiranni,[1254] necnon et de Berillo eiusdem Consiliario, qui ad tormentum populi quendam taurum eneum tirannica coniectura fabricari constituit; in quo tamen ipse prior, proprio crimine illud exigente, vsque ad sui interitus expiracionem iudicialiter torquebatur.] A cruel king lich the tempeste, The whom no Pite myhte areste,--[1255] He was the ferste, as bokes seie, Upon the See which fond Galeie 3300 And let hem make for the werre,-- As he which al was out of herre (3500*) Fro Pite and misericorde; For therto couthe he noght acorde, Bot whom he myhte slen, he slouh, And therof was he glad ynouh. He hadde of conseil manyon, Among the whiche ther was on, Be name which Berillus hihte; And he bethoghte him hou he myhte 3310 Unto the tirant do likinge, And of his oghne ymaginynge Let forge and make a Bole of bras, And on the side cast ther was A Dore, wher a man mai inne, Whan he his peine schal beginne Thurgh fyr, which that men putten under. And al this dede he for a wonder, That whanne a man for peine cride, The Bole of bras, which gapeth wyde, 3320 It scholde seme as thogh it were A belwinge in a mannes Ere, And noght the criinge of a man. Bot he which alle sleihtes can, The devel, that lith in helle fast, Him that this caste hath overcast,[1256] [Sidenote: =P. iii. 204=] That for a trespas which he dede He was putt in the same stede, And was himself the ferste of alle Which was into that peine falle[1257] 3330 That he for othre men ordeigneth; Ther was noman which him compleigneth.[1258] Of tirannie and crualte Be this ensample a king mai se, Himself and ek his conseil bothe, Hou thei ben to mankinde lothe And to the god abhominable. Ensamples that ben concordable[1259] I finde of othre Princes mo, As thou schalt hiere, of time go.[1260] 3340