[Sidenote 17: _stynteȝ_ (?).] [Sidenote 18: _waweȝ_ (?).] [Sidenote 19: _in-sprang_ (?).] [Sidenote 20: _yþeȝ_ (?).] [Sidenote 21: So in MS.] [Sidenote 22: MS. _lorde_.] [Sidenote 23: _douue_ or _douene_ (?).] [Headnote: NOAH LEAVES THE ARK.] VI. [Sidenote: The dove returns with an olive branch in her beak.] On ark on an euentyde houeȝ þe downe, On stamyn ho stod & stylle hy{m} abydeȝ; What! ho broȝt i{n} hir beke a bronch of olyue, G{ra}cyo{us}ly vmbe-grouen al w{i}t{h} grene leueȝ; 488 [Sidenote: This was a token of peace and reconciliation.] Þat watȝ þe sy{n}gne of sauyté þ{a}t sende he{m} oure lorde, & þe saȝtly{n}g of hy{m}-self w{i}t{h} þo sely besteȝ. [Sidenote: Joy reigns in the ark.] Þe{n} watȝ þer ioy i{n} pat gyn where Iu{m}pred er dryȝed, & much comfort i{n} þat cofer þat watȝ clay-daubed. 492 [Sidenote: The people therein laugh and look thereout.] Myryly on a fayr morn, monyth þe fyrst, Þat falleȝ formast i{n} þe ȝer, & þe fyrst day, Ledeȝ loȝen i{n} þat lome & loked þ{er}-oute, How þat watt{er}eȝ wern woned & þe worlde dryed. 496 Vchon loued oure lorde, bot lenged ay stylle, Tyl þay had tyþy{n}g fro þe tolke þat tyned he{m} þ{er}-i{n}ne; [Sidenote: God permits Noah and his sons to leave the ark.] Þe{n} godeȝ glam to hem glod þat gladed hem alle, Bede hem drawe to þe dor, delyu{er} hem he wolde; 500 Þe{n} went þay to þe wykket, hit walt vpon sone, Boþe þe burne & his barneȝ bowed þ{er}-oute; Her wyueȝ walkeȝ hem wyth & þe wylde aft{er}, Þroly þrublande i{n} þronge, þrowen ful þykke; 504 [Sidenote: [Fol. 64a.]] [Sidenote: Noah offers sacrifice to God.] Bot Noe of vche honest kynde nem out an odde & heuened vp an auter & halȝed hit fayre, & sette a sakerfyse þ{er}-on of vch a ser kynde, Þat watȝ comly & clene, god kepeȝ non oþ{er}. 508 When bremly brened þose besteȝ, & þe breþe rysed, [Sidenote: It is pleasing to Him that “all speeds or spoils.”] Þe sauo{ur} of his sacrafyse soȝt to hym euen Þat al spedeȝ & spylleȝ; he spek{es} w{i}t{h} þat ilke I{n} comly comfort ful clos & cortays wordeȝ: 512 [Sidenote: God declares that He will never destroy the world for the sin of man.] “Now noe no more nel I neu{er} wary, Alle þe mukel mayny [on] molde for no ma{n}neȝ sy{n}neȝ, For I se wel þat hit is sothe, þat alle ma{n}neȝ wytteȝ To vn-þryfte arn alle þrawen w{i}t{h} þoȝt of her hertteȝ, 516 & ay hatȝ ben & wyl be ȝet fro her barnage; Al is þe mynde of þe man to malyce enclyned, For-þy schal I neu{er} schende so schortly at ones, As dysstrye al for maneȝ sy{n}ne [in] dayeȝ of þis erþe. 520 Bot waxeȝ now & wendeȝ forth & worþeȝ to monye, Multyplyeȝ on þis molde & menske yow by-tyde. [Sidenote: That summer and winter shall never cease.]