For of othing he tok yeme,

Never mot, in sonne beme,

Thicker than the fendes yede.

The brigge was as heigh as a tour,

And as scharpe as a rasour,

And naru it was also;

And the water that ther ran under,

Brend o' lighting and of thonder,

That thoght him michel wo.

Ther nis no clerk may write with ynke,