were conquered
by Chedorlaomer,
and paid
him tribute.
On-kumen was cadalamor,
king of elam, wið ferding ſtor;
Twelve years
they were under
his hand.
.xij. ger he weren under iſ hond,
And gouen him gouel of here lond; 844
In the thirteenth
they rebelled,
.xiij. ger gan ſo forð gon
wulde he giuen him gouel non;
Chedorlaomer
and other three
kings made war
upon the cities.
ðre kinges haued he wið him brogt,
wið here-gonge hiſe gouel ſogt; 848
He ben cumen to mirie dale,
An ðere he werken ſckaðe and bale;
Much sorrow
they wrought.
The four kings
conquered the
five.
fowre on-ſeken and fifue weren,
Oc ðe fowre ðe fiue deren; 852
wunded ðor waſ gret folc and ſlagen,
ðe fifwe flen, ðe fowre ben fagen;
The five flee to
the hills, and the
four to the cities
of the plain.
ðe fifwe up to ðe dunes flen,
ðe fowre in to ðe tuneſ ten; 856
wifwes, and childre, and agte, and ſrud,
They led away
with them Lot,
his goods, children,
and wife.
He ledden a-wei wið herte prud.
Loth and iſ agte, childre and wif,
ben led a-wei bunden wið ſtrif; 860
[Fol. 17b.]
oc on of hem, ðe flogen a-wei
But one escaped
and told Abram,
who armed 313
servants and pursued
the enemy.
Told it abram ðat ilke deai.
ðre hundred men and .xiij. wigt,
Alle ſtalwurði and witt_er_ of figt, 864
wið mambre, and excol, and anel,
Abram let him tunde wel;
ðat hird he folged[126] alſ to ðan,
On heued-welle of flum iordan, 868
ðor he wenden ben ſiker on nigt;
Abram he brogte wel newe figt.
Abram found
them drunk and
sleepy.
He woren drunken and ſlepi,
Abram[127] folc made hem dredi; 872
ſo heg, ſo long, ne ſpared he_m_ nogt,
He brought them
all to ground.
Alle he ben ðor to gronde brogt,
wið-ðuten ðo ðe cuden flen;
[126] folgel in MS.
[127] An _is_ is inserted by a later hand.