In such prison thei weren bothe

Thei mihten nawher wenden oute;

How thei the prison mihte ascape.

This Dedalus, which fro his yowthe

Was tawht and manye craftes cowthe,

Of fetheres and of othre thinges

Hath mad to fle diverse wynges 1050

With wex, and if he toke his flyhte