1 It fortuned (high God did so ordain) 2 As she arrived on the roaring shore 3 (In mind to leap into the mighty main)
main > main ocean, high sea; sea
4 A little boat lay hoving her before,
hoving > {Lingering; floating; heaving, rising and falling with the waves}
5 In which there slept a fisher old and poor,
fisher > fisherman
6 The whiles his nets were drying on the sand:
The whiles > While
7 Into the same she leapt, and with the oar 8 Did thrust the shallop from the floating strand:
shallop > dinghy strand > shore