Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
Forsoþe Abisay, þe sone of Saruye, seide to þe kyng, Whi cursith this dogge, þat schal die, my lord þe kyng? Y schal go, and Y schal girde of his heed.