Þat watȝ so doȝty þat day & drank of þe vessayl
He that was so doughty that day and drank of the vessels,
Now is a dogge also dere þat in a dych lygges
Now is as dear (valuable) as a dog that in a ditch lies. —([p. 88].)
The [third poem], entitled “Patience,” is a paraphrase of the book of Jonah. The writer prefaces it with a few remarks of his own in order to show that “patience is a noble point though it displease oft.”
The following extract contains a description of the sea-storm which overtook Jonah:—
Anon out of þe norþ est þe noys bigynes
Anon out of the north east the noise begins,
When boþe breþes con blowe vpon blo watteres
When both breezes did blow upon blue waters: