Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
And þe princes seiden to þe kyng, We preien, þat this man be slayn; for of bifore castyng he discoumfortith þe hondis of men werriours, þat dwelliden in this citee, and þe hondis of al þe puple, and spekith to hem bi alle þese wordis. For whi this man sekith not pees to this puple, but yuel.