The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, 'and' pangs as of a woman in travail.
Þe kyng of Babiloyne herde þe fame of hem, and hise hondis ben aclumsid; angwisch took hym, sorewe took hym, as a womman trauelynge of child.