¶ Ionas is swalowed of a whale. The prayer of Ionas.
CAPI. II.
BUt the Lorde prepared a greate fyshe / to swalow vp Ionas ‡ 1.1 So was Ionas [unspec A] in the bely of y• fysh, thre daies &. iii. nightes. And Ionas prayed vnto the Lord his God, out of the fishes bely, & sayde. * 1.2 In my trou∣ble I called vnto the Lord, and he herde me out of y• bely of hell I cryed, & thou herdest my voice. Thou haddest cast me downe depe in the myddest of the see, and the sloude cōpa [unspec B] sed me aboute: yee / ‡ 1.3 all thy waues & roules of water wēt ouer me, I thought that I had bene cast awaye out of thy syght: but I wyll yet agayne loke towarde thy holy temple.
The waters compassed me / euē to the ve¦ry soule: the depe laye aboute me, & the we∣des were wrapte about myne heade. I went downe to the botome of the hylles, and was barred in wyth earth for euer. But thou / O Lorde my God, haste brought vp my lyfe a∣gayne out of corrupcion. Whē my soule fain¦ted [unspec C] within me / I thought vpon the Lorde: & my prayer came in vnto the, euen vnto thy holy temple. {fleur-de-lys} They that holde of vayne va¦nyties, wyll forsake his mercy. But I wyll do the sacrifice with the voice of thankesge∣uyng, [unspec D] & wyll paye that I haue vowed / for why? saluacyon commeth of the Lorde. And the Lorde spake vnto the fyshe, and it caste out Ionas agayne vpon the drye lande.