With-Inne a while at that assaut [folio 55a]
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That thei with-Inne so longe han faut
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And were so chaufed In here Armure,
That thei myght not for feble dure,
Ne on ther feet on the wal stande,
Ne holde her wepen In her hande.
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¶ Then ȝede to dethe many Troyanes;
And ȝit mo died of Gryffones,
For thei with-Inne greves hem sore,
Als feble as thei wore:
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Thei bare Gregeis doun fro the walles
With grete speres and ledon balles,
And lefft hem lyinge in the dikes;
Echon of hem at other strykes,
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Thei with-Inn and thei with-oute.
But then come efft a newe route
Off Gryffons felle, that hem assayled
And hem with-Inne so trauayled,
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That thei moste dye or elles hem ȝelde;
For thei myght not hem-self welde
For long fyghtyng and werynes,
Ne hem defende for feblenes.
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THen clombe the Gregeis on the walles,
And some ȝede In at the wyndowes;
Then were Troyens In mochel drede,
And some out ouer the walles ȝede;
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For-sothe thei flow alle that ther ware.
Wiff ne childe nolde thei non spare,
Knyght ne squier, knaue ne boy,
Ne non that longed [vn-]to Troy.
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Alle the goodis that there wore
Thei bare to schippis thore,
And brende the Castel and threwe it doun,
That men myght se to Troye toun
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