for ai was rigt and kire bi-forn,
On man, on wiſ, til he was boren. 452
Two wives he
took—Adah and
Zillah.
Lamech him two wifes nam,
On adda, an noðer wif ſellam.
Adah bare Jabal.
Adda bar him ſune Iobal,
He was a cunning
shepherd.
He was hirde witt_er_e and wal; 456
Of merke, and kinde, and helde, & ble,
He taught separation
and assembling.
ſundring and ſameni[n]g tagte he;
Jubal, his brother,
wise in song and
glee,
Iobal iſ broðer ſong and glew,
Wit of muſike, wel he knew; 460
wrote on tile and
brass.
On two tableſ of tigel and braſ
wrot he ðat wiſtom, wiſ he was,
ðat it ne ſulde ben undon
If fier or water come ðor-on. 464
Zillah bare Tubal,
a mighty smith.
Sella wuneð oc lamech wið,
ghe bar tubal, a ſellic ſmið;
Iron, gold, silver,
and brass he well
knew how to separate
and to mix.
Of irin, of golde, ſiluer, and bras
To ſundren and mengen wiſ he was; 468
He was skilled in
making weapons
of war and household
tools.
Wopen of wigte and tol of grið,
wel cuðe [106]egte and ſafgte[106] wið.
[Fol. 10.]