With that light
were angels
made,
wid ðat ligt worn angles wrogt,
And in-to newe heuene brogt,
and brought into
a new heaven.
ðat iſ ouer dis[77] walkenes turn,
God hem q_u_uad ðor ſeli ſuriurn; 64
Some for pride
fell thence into
nether darkness.
Su_m_me for pride fellen ðeðen,
In-to ðis ðhiſterneſſe her bi-neðen;
Pride turned angels
into devils,
who became the
source of every
sorrow, bale, and
woe.
Pride made angel deuel dwale,
ðat made ilc ſorge, and eu_er_ilc bale, 68
And eu_er_ilc wunder, and eu_er_ilc wo,
ðat iſ, or ſal ben euere mo.
The devil was
made on the Sunday
and fell out
on the Monday.
He was mad on ðe ſunedai,
He fel out on ðe munendai; 72
(ðis ik wort in ebriſſe wen,
He witen ðe ſoðe ðat iſ ſen.)
Forth glided the
first light, and
afterwards the
first night.
forð glod ðat firme [dais] ligt,
And after glod ðat firme nigt; 76
The dawning
came again.
ðe daigening cam eſt[78] a-gon,
Thus in the welkin's
course
comes day and
night "of twenty-four
hours
right."
His firme kinde dei was a-gon,
On walkenes turn wid dai and nigt
Of foure and twenti time rigt; 80
[Fol. 2b.]
ðes frenkis men o france moal,
it nemnen "un iur natural;"
So ever came the
day first,
And eu_er_e gede ðe dai biforn,
ſiðen ðat newe werld was boren, 84
till Christ
brought his
saints from hell.
Til ih_esus_ criſt fro helle nam,
Hiſ quemed wid[79] eue and adam;
From that time
we ever reckon
first the night
and then the day.
fro ðat time we tellen ay,
Or ðe nigt and after ðe day, 88
For God led them
from Hell's might
into Paradise's
bright light.
for god ledde hem fro helle nigt
to paradises leue ligt;
ðo gan hem dagen wel iwiſſe,
Quan god hem ledde in-to bliſſe. 92
On the second day
the earth was
enclosed by the
firmament,
On an oðer dai ðiſ middel-erd,
waſ al luken and a-buten ſperd;
ðo god bad ben ðe firmament,
Al abuten ðis walkne ſent, 96
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