Be meeri I see a sael
gif sias er a gefais i
owt topsaelyw lowt tipsi
gif way ar y gauafwynt
kynill agynilly gwynt.

A Poem to show the Trouble that befell him when he was at Sea (Cywydd i ddangos yr hildring a fu i ŵr pan oedd ar y môr), trans. Gwyn Williams | Bi Miri! I see a sayl Gif sias, er a gefais i! Owt topsail, yw lowt tipsy Gif way, er y gauaf wynt.

reading quoted by David Fraser, The Adventurers (1976), p. 121