His goddes he gan chide. Laban chides his gods He waxe both blake, pale and wan, and nearly grows mad He was nyȝe woode þat same tyde. with vexation. But Tho Lukafer comfortede him welle 312 Lukafer told him that, And saide “sir, be not dismayed, having espied that For I have aspied everydele, Savaris would, the Howe thai shalle alle be betrayede. following day, come Sauariz wole to morowe witħ us fighte, 316 out again to fight His baner knowe I ful welle; with them, he would I shal have an othere, I yoᶙ plighte, have a banner made Like to this every dele. exactly like his, which Whan he is moste besy in bataile, 320 when Savaris was much Than wole I with banere displaiede engaged in the battle, Ride in to Rome w«i»t«h»out faile, he would unfold and Thus shal thai al be betrayede.” enter Rome. The Sowdan̄ was glad of this tidinge, 324 Hopinge it shulde be so; And even as it was in purposynge, And so it Right so was it aftir I-do. turned out; the Romans Wenynge it hade be Sauarye, 328 mistaking him for Relevinge fro the hethen stou[rh], Savaris, returning from Wenynge doth ofte harme w«i»t«h»oute lye, his sally, he entered He entred to the maist«er» Toure. the main tower, The firste warde thus thay wo«n»ne 332 [leaf 9] By this fals contrevede engyne. Thus was moche sorowe bygon̄, Thai slougħ all, that were ther-Inne. and slew all therein. Whan̄ Sauariz saugħ this discomfitu[rh] 336 Savaris becoming aware Of the Romaynes in that tyme, of the artifice of the And howe harde than̄ was here aventu[rh], enemy, Of sorowe þat myghte he ryme Of x thousande men̄ lefte no moo 340 and seeing out of But sexty men̄ and twelfe, 10,000 Romans no more And whan he sawe this myschief tho, than seventy-two left, He turned homewarde agayn him selue. turned back, but found By than̄ he founde the gate shite 344 the gate shut, [p011 THE POPE DESPATCHES MESSENGERS TO CHARLEMAGNE.]