Jonah 3
Jonah chapter 3 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 And thei turneden awei her wit, and bowiden doun her iyen, that thei siyen not heuene, nether bithouyten on iust domes. 2 Sotheli bothe weren woundid bi the loue of hir, and thei schewiden not her sorewe to hem silf togidere; 3 for thei weren aschamed to schewe to hem silf her coueitise, willynge to ligge fleischli bi hir. 4 And thei aspieden ech dai more bisili to se hir. 5 And oon seide to the tothir, Go we hoom, for the our of mete is. And thei yeden out, and departiden fro hem silf. 6 And whanne thei hadden turned ayen, thei camen in to o place; and thei axiden ech of othere the cause, and thei knoulechiden her coueitise. And thanne in comyn thei ordeyneden a tyme, whanne thei miyten fynde hir aloone. 7 Forsothe it was doon, whanne thei aspieden a couenable dai, sche entride sumtyme, as yistirdai and the thridde dai ago, with twei damysels aloone, and wolde be waischun in the gardyn; for whi heete was. 8 And no man was there, outakun tweyne elde men hid, biholdynge hir. 9 Therfor sche saide to the damysels, Bringe ye to me oile, and oynementis; and close ye the doris of the gardyn, that Y be waischun. 10 And thei diden as sche `hadde comaundid; and thei closiden the doris of the gardyn, and yeden out bi a posterne, to bringe tho thingis that sche hadde comaundid. And thei wisten not, that the elde men weren hid with ynne.
