In the seventh
month and the
twenty-seventh
day the ark stood
in Armenia.
Ðe ſeuend moned[112] waſ in cumen,
And ſeuene and .xx.^{ti} dais numen,
IN armenie ðat arche ſtod,
ðo waſ wið-dragen ðat ilc flod. 596
When the tenth
month came the
waters withdrew.
Ðo ðe tende moned[112] cam in,
So wurð dragen ðe watreſ win;
Dunes wexen, ðe flod wið-drog,
It adde leſted longe a-nog 600
[Fol. 12b.]
Forty days after
this the ark's
window is undone,
the raven
out flew, and
came not again
to the ark.
Fowerti daiſ after ðiſ,
Arches windoge undon it iſ,
ðe Rauen ut-fleg, hu ſo it gan ben,
Ne cam he nogt to ðe arche a-gen; 604
The dove found
no clean place,
and came again
to the ark.
ðe duue fond no clene ſtede,
And wente a-gen and wel it dede;
After seven days
the dove left the
ark and returned
with an olive
bough.
ðe ſeuendai eſt ut it tog,
And brogt a grene oliues bog; 608
Seue nigt ſiðen eu_er_ilc on
Seven nights
after all are let
out of the ark.
He is let ut flegen, crepen, and gon,
wið-uten ilc ſeuend clene der
ðe he ſacrede on an aucter. 612
Sex hundred ger and on dan[113] olde
Noah looked out
of the ark and
saw that the earth
was dry.
Noe ſag ut of ðe arche-wolde;
ðe firſt moned[112] and te firſt dai,
He ſag erðe drie & te wat_er_ awai; 616
get he waſ wiſ and nogt to rad,
Yet went he not
out till he was
bidden by God.
Gede he nogt ut, til god hi_m_ bad.
Ðe toðer moneð was in cumen,
And ſeuene and twenti dais numen, 620
ðo herde Noe wol bliðe bode
At God's command
he and his
family left the
ark.
Of a ſteuene, ðe cam fro gode;
He and hiſe wif wenten ut fre,
Hiſe ſunes and here wifes ðre; 624
Noah made an
altar and sacrificed
thereon.
He made an aucter on godeſ name,
And ſacrede he ðor-on, for ſowleſ frame,
[Fol. 13.]
The seventh deer
was offered up,
Ilc ſeuende der of clene kin,
ðe waſ holden in arche wið-hin, 628
[112] _read_ moneð
[113] _read_ ðan