Vn-buxumhed he hauen hem don,
Vn-buxu_m_hed iſ hem cumen on;
Weakness and
sorrow troubled
their limbs.
Vn-welde woren and in win,
Here owen limes he_m_ wið-in. 348
They were
ashamed of their
nakedness,
fleſſes fremeðe and ſafte ſame
boðen he felten on here lichame;
ðo gunen he ſame ſriden,
and shrouded
themselves in
leaves.
And limes in leues hiden. 352
Nu wot adam ſum-del o wo,
Her-after ſal he leren mo.
After this deed a
voice came, saying,
"Where art
thou, Adam?"
Quoth Adam, "I
am naked, and
hid myself."
After ðiſ dede a ſteuone cam,
"ðu, nu, q_u_or art, adam, adam?" 356
"Lou_er_d, q_u_at ſame iſ me bi-tid,
for ic am naked and haue me hid?"
"Quo ſeide ðe dat gu[102] wer[e] naked;
ðu haues ðe ſorges ſigðhe waked, 360
Then said God,
"Because thou
hast broken my
command,
for ðhu min bode-word haues broken,
ðhu ſalt ben ut in ſorge luken,
thou shalt till thy
meat with toil,
and eat thy bread
with sweat and
tears,
In ſwinc ðu ſalt tilen ði mete[n],
ðin bred wid ſwotes t_e_res eten, 364
until thou come
again to the
earth.
Til gu[102] beas eft in to erðe cumen,
Q_u_er-of gu[102] beaſ to manne numen;
[Fol. 8]
Woman shall be
under man, and
have sorrow in
every birth.
And wif ſal under were wunen,
In heu_er_ilc birðhe ſorge numen; 368
The adder shall
glide on his breast
and eat earth.
And niðful neddre, loð an liðer,
ſal gliden on hiſe breſt neðer
And erðe freten wile he mai liuen,
Poison shall
cleave to his
tongue.