Thenne sone com þe seuenþe day, when samned wern alle _Then soon came the seventh day when assembled were all,_ & alle woned in þe whichche þe wylde & þe tame. _And all abode in the ark (hutch), the wild and the tame._ Þen bolned þe abyme & bonkeȝ con ryse _Then swelled the abyss and banks did rise,_ Waltes out vch walle-heued, in ful wode stremeȝ _Bursts out each well-head in full wild streams,_ Watȝ no brymme þat abod vnbrosten bylyue _There was no brim (stream) that abode unburst by then,_ Þe mukel lauande loghe to þe lyfte rered _The much (great) flowing deep (loch) to the loft (sky) reared._ Mony clustered clowde clef alle in clowteȝ _Many a clustering cloud cleft all in clouts (pieces),_ To-rent vch a rayn-ryfte & rusched to þe vrþe _Rent was each a rain-rift and rushed to the earth;_ Fon neuer in forty dayeȝ, & þen þe flod ryses _Failed never in forty days, and then the flood rises,_ Ouer-walteȝ vche a wod and þe wyde feldeȝ _Over-flows each wood and the wide fields;_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water wylger ay wax, woneȝ þat stryede _Water wildly ever waxed, abodes that destroyed,_ Hurled in-to vch hous, hent þat þer dowelled _Hurled into each house, seized those that there dwelt._ Fyrst feng to þe flyȝt alle þat fle myȝt _First took to flight all that flee might,_ Vuche burde with her barne þe byggyng þay leueȝ _Each bride (woman) with her bairn their abode they leave,_ & bowed to þe hyȝ bonk þer brentest hit wern _And hied to the high bank where highest it were,_ & heterly to þe hyȝe hilleȝ þay [h]aled on faste _And hastily to the high hills they rushed on fast;_ Bot al watȝ nedleȝ her note, for neuer cowþe stynt _But all was needless their device, for never could stop_ Þe roȝe raynande ryg [&] þe raykande waweȝ _The rough raining shower and the rushing waves,_ Er vch boþom watȝ brurd-ful to þe bonkeȝ eggeȝ _Ere each bottom (valley) was brim-ful to the banks’ edges,_ & vche a dale so depe þat demmed at þe brynkeȝ _And each dale so deep that dammed at the brinks._ --(pp. 47, 48). The ark is described as “heaved on high with hurling streams.”