_Lamech killing Cain._--In the church of St. Neot, Cornwall, are some very
interesting ancient painted windows, representing various legendary and
scriptural subjects. In one of them, descriptive of antediluvial history,
is a painting of Lamech shooting Cain with a bow and arrow. Are any of your
readers acquainted with a similar subject? Is there any tradition to this
effect? and does it throw any light on that difficult passage, Gen. iv. 23,
24.?
"And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice: ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my
wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
"If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold."