But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.
Forsoþe þe tour was hiy in þe myddis of þe citee, to which men togidere and wymmen fledden, and alle þe princes of þe citee, while þe yate was closid stronglieste; and þei stoden on þe roof of þe tour bi toretis.