Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Þerfor þei token Jeremye, and castiden hym doun in to þe lake of Elchie, sone of Amalech, which was in þe porche of þe prisoun; and þei senten doun Jeremye bi cordis in to þe lake, wherynne was no watir, but fen; þerfor Jeremye yede doun in to þe filþe.