Into þat schip þer longed a rooþur 25
Þat steered þe schip and gouerned hit;
In al þis world nis such anoþur,
As me þinkeþ in my wit.
Whyl schip and roþur togeder was knit,
Þei dredde nouþer tempest, druyȝe nor wete; 30
Nou be þei boþe in synder flit,
Þat selden seyȝe is sone forȝete.
Scharpe wawes þat schip has sayled,
And sayed alle sees at auentur.