How fro þe bot i{n}-to þe blober watȝ w{i}t{h} a best lachched, & þrwe[16] i{n} at hit þrote, w{i}t{h}-outen þret more, [Sidenote: Jonah was only a mote in the whale’s jaws.] As mote i{n} at a mu{n}ster dor, so mukel wern his chawleȝ, 268 [Sidenote: He entered in by the gills, and by means of one of the intestines of the fish, came into a space as large as a hall.] He glydes i{n} by þe giles, þurȝ glaymande glette, Relande i{n} by a rop, a rode þat hy{m} þoȝt, Ay hele ou{er} hed, ho{ur}lande aboute, Til he blu{n}t i{n} a blok as brod as a halle; 272 [Sidenote: The prophet fixes his feet firmly in the belly of the whale.] & þer he festnes þe fete & fathmeȝ aboute, & stod vp i{n} his stomak, þat stank as þe deuel; Þ{er} in saym & i{n} sorȝe þat sauo{ur}ed as helle, Þ{er} watȝ bylded his bour, þat wyl no bale suffer; 276 & þe{n}ne he lurkkes & laytes where watȝ le best, [Sidenote: He searches into every nook of its navel.] In vche a nok of his nauel, bot nowhere he fyndeȝ No rest ne recou{er}er, bot ramelande myre, In wych gut so eu{er} he gotȝ; bot eu{er} is god swete; 280 [Sidenote: The prophet calls upon God.] & þer he lenged at þe last & to þe lede called. “Now prynce, of þy p{ro}phete pité þ{o}u haue! [Sidenote: [Fol. 87a.]] Þaȝ I be fol, & fykel, & falce of my hert, [Sidenote: He cries for mercy.] De-woyde now þy vengau{n}ce, þurȝ v{er}tu of rauthe; 284 Thaȝ I be gulty of gyle as gaule of p{ro}phet{es}, Þ{o}u art god, & alle gowdeȝ ar grayþely þyn owen; Haf now m{er}cy of þy man & his mys-dedes, & preue þe lyȝtly a lorde, i{n} londe & i{n} wat{er}.” 288 [Sidenote: He sits safely in a recess, in a bowel of the beast, for three days and three nights.] With þat he hitte to a hyrne & helde hy{m} þ{er}-i{n}ne, Þ{er} no de-foule of no fylþe watȝ fest hy{m} abute; Þer he sete also sou{n}de, saf for merk one, As i{n} þe bulk of þe bote, þer he by-fore sleped. 292 So in a bouel of þat best he bideȝ on lyue, Þre dayes & þ[r]e nyȝt ay þenkande on dryȝtyn, His myȝt & his m{er}ci, his mesure þe{n}ne; Now he knaweȝ hy{m} i{n} care þat couþe not i{n} sele. 296 [Headnote: THE WHALE WANDERS ABOUT.] [Sidenote: The whale passes through many a rough region.] Ande eu{er} walt{er}es þis whal bi wyldren depe, Þurȝ mony a regiou{n} ful roȝe, þurȝ ronk of his wylle, [Sidenote: Jonah makes the whale feel sick.] For þat mote i{n} his mawe mad hy{m}, I trowe, Þaȝ hit lyttel were, hy{m} wyth to wamel at his hert, 300 Ande assayled þe segge; ay sykerly he herde Þe bygge borne on his bak & bete on his sydes; [Sidenote: The prophet prays to God in this wise:] Þen a prayer ful prest þe p{ro}phete þ{er} maked On þis wyse, as I wene, his wordeȝ were mony: 304