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¹ Darrest thou drawe out Leuiathan with an angle, or bynde his tonge with a snare?² Canst thou put a rynge in the nose of him, or bore his chaftes thorow with a naule?³ Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the (thynkest thou) or flatre the:⁴ Wyll he make a couenaunt with the? Or, art thou able for to compell him to do the contynuall seruyce?⁵ Wilt thou take thy pastyne wt him as with a byrde, or geue him vnto thy maydens,⁶ that thy companyons maye hew him in peces, to be parted amonge the marchaunt men?⁷ Canst thou fyll the nett wt his skynne, or ye fysh panyer with his heade?⁸ Darrest thou laye honde vpon him? It is better for the to considre what harme might happe the there thorow and not to touch him.⁹ For when thou thynkest to haue holde vpon him, he shall begyle the: Euery man also that seyth him, shall go backe. And why?¹⁰ There darre none be so bolde, as to rayse him vp. Who is able to stonde before me?

¹¹ Or, who hath geuen me eny thynge afore hande, that I am bounde to rewarde him agayne? All thinges vnder heauen are myne.¹² I feare him not, whether he threaten or speake fayre.¹³ Who lifteth him vp and stripeth him out of his clothes, or who taketh him by the bytt of his brydle?¹⁴ Who openeth the dore of his face? for he hath horrible tethe rounde aboute.¹⁵ His body is couered with scales as it were with shyldes, lockte in, kepte, and well copacte together.¹⁶ One is so ioyned to another, that no ayre can come in:¹⁷ Yee one hangeth so vpon another, and sticke so together, that they can not be sundered.¹⁸ His nesinge is like a glisteringe fyre, and his eyes like the mornynge shyne.¹⁹ Out of his mouth go torches and fyre brandes,²⁰ out off his nostrels there goeth a smoke, like as out off an hote seetinge pott.²¹ His breth maketh the coales burne, the flame goeth out of his mouth.²² In his necke remayneth strength, and before his face sorowe is turned to gladnesse.²³ The membres of his body are ioyned so strayte one to another, and cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued.²⁴ His hert is as harde as a stone, ad as fast as the styth ye that the hammer man smyteth vpon.²⁵ When he goeth: the mightiest off all are afrayed, and the wawes heuy.²⁶ Yff he drawe out the swearde, there maye nether speare ner brest plate abyde him.²⁷ He setteth as moch by a strawe as by yro, and as moch by a rotten stocke as by metall.²⁸ He starteth not awaye for him that bendeth the bowe, & as for slynge stones, he careth as moch for stubble as for them²⁹ He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.³⁰ He treadeth the golde in the myre like ye sharpe potsherdes.³¹ He maketh the depe to seeth and boyle like a pott, and stereth the see together like an oyntment.³² The waye is light after him, the depe is his walkynge place.³³ Vpon earth is there no power like vnto his, for he is so made, that he feareth not.³⁴ Yff a man will cosidre all hye thinges, this same is a kynge ouer all the children off pryde.