And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
And he criede, and seide in Nynyue of þe mouth of þe kyng and of his princis, and seide, Men, and werk beestis, and oxun, and scheep taaste not ony thing, neþer be fed, neþer drynke watir.