Durst nowhere for roȝ arest at þe bothem.
Durst it nowhere for roughness rest at the bottom.
When þe breth & þe brok & þe bote metten
When the breeze and the brook and the boat met,
Hit watȝ a ioyles gyn þat Ionas watȝ inne
It was a joyless engine that Jonah was in,
For hit reled on round vpon þe roȝe yþes
For it reeled around upon the rough waves.
Þe bur ber to hit baft þat braste alle her gere
The bore (wave) bear to it abaft that burst all her gear,