get ne migten he ſiker ben, 876
He pursued them
unto Hoba, near
Damascus.
for magnie[128] of ðo woren ou_er_-taken,
Abram cude hem to ſorwe maken.
Henden damaſk, til burgt oba,
Abram hem folwede and wrogte woa; 880
Much spoil he
took.
wifes, and childre, and ſrud, and ſat,
He brogte agen and mikel he bat;
And tol, and takel, and orf, he dede
wenden hom to here ogen ſtede, 884
All this he did for
love of Lot.
for loteſ luue fel him ðuſ rigt,
Borwen he ben wel of dat[129] figt.
[Fol. 18.]
The king of
Sodom went out
to meet Abram.
Sodomes king in kinge dale,
Mette abram wið feres wale, 888
In ðe weie ðe ligið to ſalem,
ðe ſiðen iſ cald ieruſalem.
Melchizedek
brought him
bread and wine.
Melchiſedech, ſalameſ king,
dede ab_ra_m ðor mikel wurðing; 892
He froðer[ed]e him, after iſ ſwinc,
wið bredeſ fode and wines drinc;
Abram gave him
a tenth of the
spoil.
Habra_m_ gaf him ðe tigðe del
Of alle iſ bigete, and dede ðor wel, 896
And bliſcede dor[130] godeſ migt,
ðat bargt abram wel of ðat figt;
Melchizedek was
both priest and
king.
for he waſ boðen king and preſt,
of elde moſt, of wit hegest; 900
None knew from
what family he
sprung.
wiſte no man of werlðe ðo,
Quat kinde he waſ kumen fro;
Some said that
this king of Salem
was Shem,
Oc ſu_m_me ſeiden ðat it waſ ſem,
ðiſ p_re_ſt and [oc] king of ſalem, 904
or or ðe flod waſ long bi-forn
of noe bi-geten, of[131] iſ wif born,
who lived until
the birth of Isaac.
And fro ſo longe ðor bi-foren
Liuede til yſaac waſ boren. 908
The king of
Sodom offered
Abram the
goods and cattle
taken from the
enemy.
Sodomes king bed dor[132] ab_ra_m
Al agte and erf, wið-uten man,[133]
Alle heſ hadde wið migte bi-geten,
[128] _read_ manige
[129] _read_ ðat
[130] _read_ ðor
[131] MS. oſ.
[132] _read_ ðor
[133] ? nam