And othere folk han wondred on the swerd
That wolde percen thurgh-out every-thing;
And fille in speche of Thelophus the king, (230)
[468: T. 10553-10587.]
And of Achilles with his queynte spere,
For he coude with it bothe hele and dere, 240
Right in swich wyse as men may with the swerd
Of which right now ye han your-selven herd.
They speken of sondry harding of metal,
And speke of medicynes ther-with-al,
And how, and whanne, it sholde y-harded be; 245
Which is unknowe algates unto me.