Of his death we
know nothing.
Of hiſe endinge ne wot ic nogt,
oc of iſ kinde woren brogt 488
His descendants
were all destroyed
by Noah's flood.
On werlde ſeue and ſeuenti ðhuſant men,
Or or flum noe ſpredde hiſ fen;
Queðer ſo it ðhogte hem iuel or good,
Alle he drinkilden i_n_ ðat flood. 492
Of Seth came
Enos, who was
prayerful and
God-fearing.
Of ſeth, ðe waſ adam-iſ ſune,
cam enos; he gan ali wune
Of bedes, and of godefrigtihed,
for liues helpe and ſoules red. 496
[Fol. 10b.]
Ic wile rigt tellen, if ic can,
God took Enoch
to Himself,
Adam, ſeth, enos, caynan,
Malaleel, iareth, enoch,
for alied[107] god ſelf him toch 500
fro ma_n_nes mene i_n_ to ðat ſtede
ðat adam forles for iuel dede;
to dwell with
Him in Paradise.
get liueð enoch wið-vten ſtrif,
In paradiſ in ſwete lif; 504
Enoch shall come
before Doomsday
to turn the Jews
to Christ.
Get he ſal cumen or domeſ-day,
And wenden iewes, if he may,
To ðe witteneſſe of ieſus criſt,
And tholen dead vnder a_n_tecrist; 508
Siðen ſal antecriſt ben ſlagen,
And man and angeles wurðen fagen.
chirches ben wurſiped mor and mor,
And fendes dregen ſorge and ſor. 512
Before Enoch
went from the
world Methuselah
was born.
Or enoch wente [fro] werldes wune,
Matuſale waſ boren iſ ſune,
Lamech came of
Methuselah.
And lamech of matuſale,
Lamech begat
Noah.