And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
And whanne þe sunne was risun, þe Lord comaundide to þe hoot wynd and brennyng; and þe sunne smoot on þe heed of Jonas, and he swalide. And he axide to his soule þat he schulde die, and seide, It is betere to me for to die, than for to lyue.