Hym aȝtsum in þat ark as aþel God lyked,
Þer alle ledez in lome lenged druye.
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Þe arc hoven watz on hyȝe wyth hurlande gotez,
Kest to kythez uncouþe þe clowdez ful nere.
Hit waltered on þe wylde flod, went as hit lyste,
Drof upon þe depe dam, in daunger hit semed,
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Withouten mast, oþer myke, oþer myry bawelyne,
Kable oþer capstan to clyppe to her ankrez,
Hurrok oþer hande-helme hasped on roþer,
Oþer any sweande sayl to seche after haven,
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Bot flote forthe wyth þe flyt of þe felle wyndez. [MS., M., Sk. flote, E. flote[d].]
Whederwarde so þe water wafte, hit rebounde; [MS., M., Sk. rebounde; Fi. rebounded.]
Ofte hit roled on rounde and rered on ende;
Nyf oure Lorde hade ben her lodezmon, hem had lumpen harde.
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Of þe lenþe of Noe lyf to lay a lel date,
Þe sex hundreth of his age and none odde ȝerez,
Of secounde monyth, þe sevenþe day ryȝtez,
Towalten alle þyse welle-hedez and þe water flowed;
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And þryez fyfty þe flod of folwande dayez,
Uche hille watz þer hidde wyth y[þ]ez ful graye. [MS., M. yreȝ; M. note yþez(?); so Sk., Fi.]
Al watz wasted þat þer wonyed þe worlde wythinne, [wasted perhaps partly retraced (see Introd., p. ix).]
Þer ever flote, oþer flwe, oþer on fote ȝede, [on inserted above line (see Introd., p. ix, n. 2).]
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That roȝly watz þe remnaunt þat þe rac dryvez, [folio 67a] [at end of preceding page þat roȝly watz as catchwords: Sk. note rwly(?).]
Þat alle gendrez so joyst wern joyned wythinne.
Bot quen þe Lorde of þe lyfte lyked hymselven
For to mynne on his mon his meth þat abydez,
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Þen he wakened a wynde on watterez to blowe;
Þenne lasned þe llak þat large watz are.
Þen he stac up þe stangez, stoped þe wellez,
Bed blynne of þe rayn, hit batede as fast;
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