Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
And Joab seide, Not as thou wolt, Absolon schal be kept, but Y schal asaile hym bifor þee. Þerfore Joab took thre speris in his hond, and fitchide tho in þe herte of Absolon. And whanne he spraulide, yit cleuynge in þe ook,