The Warden Lays Waste to Rey

From E6.49, A Cruel Warden Is Sent to Rey. It illustrates E6.49.30–39:

E6.49.30
He left the court, renowned for evil ways,And came to Rey to darken all its days.
E6.49.31
Arriving there, he cast off fear of God,And made oppression blossom from his rod.
E6.49.32
He ripped all roof-spouts down in cruel spite,That rains might rot their mudbrick walls by night;
E6.49.33
He ordered every household cat be slain,That vermin might devour the stored-up grain.
E6.49.34
Wherever he went, a herald walked before,With threats of fire at every dwelling door.
E6.49.35
“If cat or gutter still remains,” he said,“Your house shall burn, and stones shall strike your head.”
E6.49.36
He sought out even one small coin of gain,And plunged its hapless owner into pain.
E6.49.37
Through fear they left their homes and turned awayFrom all the settled land they loved in Rey.
E6.49.38
When rain fell, not a gutter could be found;No watchman kept the city safe and sound.
E6.49.39
Rey lay destroyed beneath that tyrant’s hand;The sun beat down upon that ruined land.