[Sidenote: Jonah is now in no dread.] Bot he dredes no dynt þat dotes for elde, For he watȝ fer i{n} þe flod fou{n}dande to tarce; [Sidenote: He is, however, soon overtaken.] Bot, I trow, ful tyd, ou{er}-tan þat he were, So þat schomely to schort he schote of his ame. 128 [Sidenote: The wielder of all things has devices at will.] For þe welder of wyt, þat wot alle þy{n}ges, Þat ay wakes & waytes, at wylle hatȝ he slyȝtes; He calde on þat ilk crafte he carf w{i}t{h} his hondes, Þay wakened wel þe wroþeloker, for wroþely he cleped: 132 [Headnote: HE IS OVERTAKEN BY A TEMPEST.] [Sidenote: He commands Eurus and Aquilo to blow.] “Ewr{us} & aq{u}ilou{n}, þat on est sittes, Blowes boþe at my bode vpon blo watt{er}es.” [Sidenote: The winds blow obedient to His word.] Þe{n}ne watȝ no tom þer bytwene his tale & her dede, So bayn wer þay boþe two, his bone for to wyrk. 136 [Sidenote: Out of the north-east the noise begins.] An-on out of þe norþ est þe noys bigynes, When boþe breþes con blowe vpon blo watteres; [Sidenote: [Fol. 85a.]] Roȝ rakkes þer ros w{i}t{h} rudny{n}g an-vnder, [Sidenote: Storms arose, winds wrestled together, the waves rolled high, and never rested.] Þe see souȝed ful sore, gret selly to here; 140 Þe wyndes on þe wo{n}ne wat{er} so wrastel to-geder, Þat þe wawes ful wode walt{er}ed so hiȝe, & efte busched to þe abyme þat breed fysches; Durst nowhere for roȝ arest at þe bothem. 144 When þe breth & þe brok & þe bote metten, [Sidenote: Then was Jonah joyless.] Hit watȝ a ioyles gyn þat Ionas watȝ i{n}ne, [Sidenote: The boat reeled around.] For hit reled on rou{n}[d] vpon þe roȝe yþes. [Sidenote: The gear became out of order.] Þe bur ber to hit baft þat braste alle her gere, 148 Þen hurled on a hepe þe helme & þe sterne, [Sidenote: Ropes and mast were broken.] Furst to murte mony rop & þe mast aft{er}. Þe sayl sweyed on þe see, þe{n}ne suppe bihoued [Sidenote: A loud cry is raised, Many a lad labours to lighten the ship.] Þe coge of þe colde[6] wat{er}, & þe{n}ne þe cry ryses; 152 Ȝet coruen þay þe cordes & kest al þ{er}-oute. Mony ladde þer forth-lep to laue & to kest, Scopen out þe scaþel wat{er}, þat fayn scape wolde; For be mo{n}nes lode[7] neu{er} so luþ{er}, þe lyf is ay swete. 156 [Sidenote: They throw overboard their bags and feather beds.] Þer watȝ busy ou{er}-borde bal{e} to kest Her bagges, & her feþ{er} beddes, & her bryȝt wedes, Her kysttes, & her coferes, her caraldes alle, & al to lyȝten þat lome, ȝif leþe wolde schape; 160 [Sidenote: But still the wind rages, and the waves become wilder.] Bot eu{er} watȝ ilyche loud þe lot of þe wy{n}des, & eu{er} wroþ{er} þe wat{er}, & wodder þe stremes. Þe{n} þo wery for-wroȝt wyst no bote,