But the serpent was sotyller than all the beastes of the felde which
y^e LORde God had made/ and sayd vnto the woman. Ah syr/ that God hath
sayd/ ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden. And the
woman sayd vnto the serpent/ of the frute of the trees in the garden
we may eate/ but of the frute of the tree y^t is in the myddes of the
garden (sayd God) se that ye eate not/ and se that ye touch it not:
lest ye dye.
Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman: tush ye shall not dye: But God
doth knowe/ that whensoever ye shulde eate of it/ youre eyes shuld be
opened and ye shulde be as God and knowe both good and evell. And the
woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie vnto the eyes
and a pleasant tre for to make wyse. And toke of the frute of it and
ate/ and gaue vnto hir husband also with her/ and he ate. And the eyes
of both of them were opened/ that they vnderstode how that they were
naked. Than they sowed fygge leves togedder and made them apurns.
And they herd the voyce of the LORde God as he walked in the gard[~e]
in the coole of the daye. And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from
the face of the LORde God/ amonge the trees of the garden. And the
LORde God called Adam and sayd vnto him where art thou? And he
answered. Thy voyce I harde in the garden/ but I was afrayd because I
was naked/ and therfore hyd myselfe. And he sayd: who told the that
thou wast naked? hast thou eaten of the tree/ of which I bade the that
thou shuldest not eate? And Adam answered. The woman which thou gavest
to bere me company she toke me of the tree/ ad I ate. And the LORde
God sayd vnto the woman: wherfore didest thou so? And the woman
answered/ the serpent deceaved me and I ate.
¶ And the LORde God sayd vnto the serp[~e]t because thou haste so done
moste cursed be thou of all catell and of all beastes of the feld:
vppo thy bely shalt thou goo: and erth shalt thou eate all dayes of
thy lyfe. Morover I will put hatred betwene the and the woman/ and
betwene thy seed and hyr seed. And that seed shall tread the on the
heed/ ad thou shalt tread hit on the hele.
And vnto the woman he sayd: I will suerly encrease thy sorow ad make
the oft with child/ and with payne shalt thou be deleverd: And thy
lustes shall pertayne vnto thy husbond and he shall rule the.
And vnto Ada he sayd: for as moch as thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy
wyfe/ and hast eaten of the tree of which I commaunded the saynge: se
thou eate not therof: cursed be the erth for thy sake. In sorow shalt
thou eate therof all dayes of thy lyfe/ And it shall beare thornes ad
thystels vnto the. And thou shalt eate the herbes of y^e feld: In the
swete of thy face shalt thou eate brede/ vntill thou returne vnto the
erth wh[~e]ce thou wast tak[~e]: for erth thou art/ ad vnto erth shalt
thou returne.
And Ada called his wyfe Heua/ because she was the mother of all that
lyveth. And the LORde God made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes/
and put them on them. And the LORde God sayd: loo/ Adam is become as
it were one of vs/ in knowlege of good and evell. But now lest he
strech forth his hand and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate and
lyve ever.
And the LORde God cast him out of the garden of Eden/ to tylle the
erth wh[~e]ce he was taken. And he cast Ada out/ and sette at y^e
enteringe of the garden Eden/ Cherubin with a naked swerde movinge in
and out/ to kepe the way to the tree of lyfe.
¶ The .iiij. Chapter.
And Adam lay wyth Heua ys wyfe/ which conceaved and bare Cain/ and
sayd: I haue goten a ma of the LORde. And she proceded forth and bare
hys brother Abell: And Abell became a sheperde/ And Cain became a
ploweman.
And it fortuned in processe of tyme/ that Cain brought of the frute of
the erth: an offerynge vnto the LORde. And Abell/ he brought also of
the fyrstlynges of hys shepe and of the fatt of them. And the LORde
loked vnto Abell and to his offeynge: but vnto Cain and vnto his
offrynge/ looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceadingly/ and loured.
And the LORde sayd vnto Cain: why art thou angry/ and why loureste
thou? Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it? But &
if thou dost evell/ by & by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Not
withstondyng let it be subdued vnto the/ ad see thou rule it. And
Cain talked wyth Abell his brother.
And as soone as they were in the feldes/ Cain fell vppon Abell his
brother and slewe hym And y^e LORde sayd vnto Cain: where is Abell thy
brother? And he sayd: I can not tell/ am I my brothers keper? And he
sayd: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers bloud cryeth vnto
me out of the erth. And now cursed be thou as pertaynyng to the erth/
which opened hyr mouth to receaue thy brothers bloud of thyne hande.
For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall h[~e]ceforth not geve hyr
power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon the
erth.
[Sidenote: * Of this place no doute y^e pope which in all thinges
maketh h[~i] self equal with God toke an occasion to marke all his
creatures: and to forbid vnder payne of excomunicatio y^t no ma
(whether he were k[~i]ge or emperowre) be so hardy to punishe them for
what so euer myschef they doo. The crowne is to th[~e] a licence to do
what they wyste a protectio & a sure sentuarye.]
And Cain sayd vnto the LORde: my synne is greater/ then that it may be
forgeven. Beholde thou castest me out thys day from of the face of the
erth/ and fro thy syghte must I hyde my selfe ad I must be wandrynge
and a vagabunde vpon the erth: Morover whosoever fyndeth me/ wyll kyll
me. And the LORde sayd vnto h[~i] Not so/ but whosoever sleyth Cain
shalbe punyshed .vij. folde. And y^e LORde put * a marke vpo Cain that
no ma y^t founde hym shulde kyll hym. And Cain went out fro the face
of the LORde and dwelt in the lande Nod/ on the east syde of Eden.
And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe/ which conceaved and bare Henoch. And he
was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys
sonne/ Henoch. And Henoch begat Irad. And Irad begat Mahuiael. And
Mahuiael begat Mathusael. And Mathusael begat Lamech.
And Lamech toke hym two wyves: the one was called Ada/ and the other
Zilla. And Ada bare Iabal/ of whome came they that dwell in tentes ad
possesse catell. And hys brothers name was Iubal: of hym came all that
excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organs And Zilla she
also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave
in brasse and yeron. And Tubalcains syster was called Naema.
Then sayd Lamech vnto hys wyves Ada ad Zilla: heare my voyce ye wyves
of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes/ for I haue slayne a man and
wounded myselfe/ and haue slayn a yongman/ and gotte my selfe
strypes: For Cain shall be avenged sevenfolde: but Lamech seventie
tymes sevenfolde.
¶ Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne/ and she bare a sonne ad
called hys name Seth For god (sayd she) hath geven me a nother sonne
For Abell whom Cain slewe. And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name
Enos. And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde.