Bot þe burne bynne borde þat bod to hys come, [M. 1 lorde; M. 2, Sk. borde, noting that MS. reads lorde; perhaps MS. intended for lorde; cf. 452 and Introd., p. x.]
Banned hym ful bytterly wyth bestes alle samen.
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He sechez anoþer sondezmon and settez on þe dou[v]e, [folio 67b] [MS., M., Sk. doune; M. note douue or douene(?); Sk. note 'for douene'; K. (p. 54) douue; cf. note on this line, and 481, 485.]
Bryngez þat bryȝt upon borde blessed, and sayde:
'Wende, worþelych wyȝt, uus wonez to seche,
Dryf over þis dymme water; if þou druye fyndez,
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Bryng bodworde to bot blysse to uus alle;
Þaȝ þat fowle be false, fre be þou ever.'
Ho wyrle out on þe weder on wyngez ful scharpe,
Dreȝly alle alonge day þat dorst never lyȝt;
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And when ho fyndez no folde her fote on to pyche,
Ho umbekestez þe coste and þe kyst sechez;
Ho hittez on þe eventyde and on þe ark sittez,
Noe nymmes hir anon and naytly hir stauez.
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Noe on anoþer day nymmez efte þe do[wv]e, [MS. doveue or dovene; M., Sk. dovene, cf. 469, 485.]
And byddez hir bowe over þe borne efte bonkez to seche;
And ho skyrmez under skwe and skowtez aboute,
Tyl hit watz nyȝe at þe naȝt, and Noe þen sechez.
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VI. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE ARK
On ark on an eventyde hovez þe dowve, [M., Sk. downe; K. (p. 54) dowue.]
On stamyn ho stod and stylle hym abydez.
What! ho broȝt in hir beke a bronch of olyve,
Gracyously umbegrouen al wyth grene levez;
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Þat watz þe syngne of savyte þat sende hem oure Lorde,
And þe saȝtlyng of hymself wyth þo sely bestez.
Þen watz þer joy in þat gyn where jumpred er dryȝed,
