ffor, as I am God off myght,

I xal dystroye this werd downe ryght,

Here synne so sore grevyht me in syght,

Thei xal no mercy have.

ffecisse hominem nunc pœnitet me!

That I made man sore doth me rewe,

Myn handwerk to sle sore grevyth me,

But that here synne here deth doth brewe.

Go sey to Noe, as I bydde the,

Hymself, his wyf, his childeryn trewe,