and afterwards
Eve bore righteous
Abel.
And oðer fiftene al-ſwilc ſel,
Quane eue bar rigt-wiſe abel.[104]
[Fol. 9.]
Abel was a hundred
years old
when he was slain
by his brother.
Abel an hundred ger waſ hold,
ðan he was of iſ broðer wold; 420
An hundred ger after iſ dead,
After this Adam
from Eve in shrift
abode one hundred
years.
Adam fro eue in ſrifte abead.
To hundred ger and .xxx.^{ti} mo
was adam hold and eue ðo, 424
Seth was born
when Adam was
230 years old.
ðan bor ghe ſeht in ðe ſtede
Of caym ðat abel for-dede;
Or or midleſt, or after ðo
Bar eue of ada_m_ manige moo. 428
Cain fled from his
home and became
an outlaw.
Ðor quiles ðat adam ſorge dreg
for abel, caym fro him fleg,
wið wif and hagte, and wurð ut-lage,
wið dead him ſtood hinke and age. 432
He chose an
abode near Eden.
He ches a ſtede toward eden,
And to him[105] ſameden oðer men,
He built a city,
Enoch by name.
wallede a burg, e-no bi name;
Theft and robbery
was no sin
to him; many
foes he made.
ðeft and reflac ðhugte hi_m_ no ſame, 436
for ðat he made hi_m_ manige fon,
ðor he ðhogte he ſtonden agon.
Measure of corn,
weight of goods,
division of land,
taught he first.
Met of corn, and wigte of fe,
And merke of felde, first fond he. 440
Tellen ic wile ſo birðe bad,
Ada_m_, caym, enos, iraab,
Malaleel, matusale;
Lamech is at ðe sexte kne, 444
[Fol. 9b.]
The seventh man
after Adam, of
Cain's kind, was
Lamech.
ðe ſeuende man after adam,
ðat of caymes kinde cam.
ðiſ lamech waſ ðe firme man,
He first began
bigamy.
ðe bigamie firſt bi-gan. 448
Bigamie is unkinde ðing,
On engleis tale, twie-wifing;
[104] At the bottom of fol. 8b is the catchword—Abel a hundred.
[105] _him_ is by a later hand.