The much (great) flowing deep (loch) to the loft (sky) reared.
Mony clustered clowde clef alle in clowteȝ
Many a clustering cloud cleft all in clouts (pieces),
To-rent vch a rayn-ryfte & rusched to þe vrþe
Rent was each a rain-rift and rushed to the earth;
Fon neuer in forty dayeȝ, & þen þe flod ryses
Failed never in forty days, and then the flood rises,
Ouer-walteȝ vche a wod and þe wyde feldeȝ
Over-flows each wood and the wide fields;
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