ðo ne migte he non lou_er_d ðhauen,
ðat him ſulde ðhinge grauen:[95] 276
"My flight," he
says, "I will up
take,
"Min fligt," he ſeide, "ic wile up-taken,
and make my seat
north of heaven,
and therein will
I sit and see all
things.
Min ſete norð on heuene maken,
And ðor ic wile ſitten and ſen
Al ðe ðhinges ðe in wer[l]de ben, 280
Twen heuone hil and helle dik,
And ben min lou_er_d geuelic."
Then became he
dragon that ere
was knight;
ðo wurð he drake ðat ear was knigt,
ðo wurð he mirc ðat ear was ligt, 284
all that held with
him became dark,
dim, and black,
And eu_er_ilc on ðat helden wid[96] him,
ðo wurðen mirc, and ſwart, and dim,
and fell out of
heaven's light.
And fellen ut of heuones ligt
In-to ðis middil walknes nigt; 288
[Fol. 6b.]
Yet would Satan
not cease to commit
sin.
And get ne kuðe he nogt blinne
for to don an oðer ſinne.
He saw Adam and
Eve in Paradise
in great bliss and
honour.
Eſten[97] he ſag in paradiſ
Adam and eue i_n_ mike[l] p_ri_ſ, 292
Newelike he was of erðe wrogt,
And to ðat mirie bliſſe brogt;
How may it be,
thought he, that
Adam is king and
Eve queen of all
things in the
world,
ðowgte ðis q_u_ead, "hu ma it ben,
Adam ben king and eue q_u_uen 296
Of alle ðe ðinge i_n_ werlde ben.
Hu mai it hauen, hu mai it ſen,
Of fiſ, of fugel, of wrim, of der,
Of alle ðhinge ðe wunen her, 300
Eu_er_ilc ðhing haued he geue name,
while I am in
sorrow, scathe,
and shame.
Me to ſorge, ſcaðe, and ſame;
for ada_m_ ſul ðus and his wif
In bliſſe ðus leden leſteful lif; 304
for alle ðo, ðe of hem ſule cumen,
Evermore shall
they remain in
bliss,
ſulen ermor i_n_ bliſſe wunen,
And we ðe ben fro heuene driuen,
while we must
live in sorrow.
Yet I think I
know of a plan
to bring them
into sin.
ſulen ðuſſe one in ſorwe liuen; 308
Get ic wene I can a red,
ðat hem ſal bringen iwel ſped;
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