Mete; messeȝ of mylke he merkkeȝ bytwene, Syþe{n} potage & polment i{n} plater honest; As sewer i{n} a god assyse he serued hem fayre, Wyth sadde semblau{n}t & swete of such as he hade, 640 [Headnote: GOD DISCLOSES HIS PURPOSE TO ABRAHAM.] [Sidenote: God praises his friend’s feast, and after the meat is removed, He tells Abraham that Sarah shall bear him a son.] & god as a glad gest mad god chere, Þat watȝ fayn of his frende & his fest praysed. Abraham, al hodleȝ w{i}t{h} armeȝ vp-folden, Mynystred mete byfore þo men þat myȝtes al weldeȝ; 644 Þe{n}ne þay sayden, as þay sete same{n} alle þry{n}ne, When þe mete watȝ remued & þay of mensk speken, “I schal efte here away abram,” þay sayden, “Ȝet er þy lyueȝ lyȝt leþe vpon erþe, 648 [Sidenote: [Fol. 66a.]] & þe{n}ne schal saré consayue & a su{n} bere, Þat schal be abrahameȝ ayre, & aft{er} hy{m} wy{n}ne W{i}t{h} wele & wyth worschyp þe worþely peple Þat schal halde i{n} heritage, þat I haf men ȝark.” 652 [Sidenote: Sarah, who is behind the door, laughs in unbelief.] Þe{n}ne þe burde byhynde þe dor for busmar laȝed; & sayde sothly[31] to hir-self saré þe madde: “May þ{o}u traw for tykle þat þ{o}u to{n}ne moȝteȝ, & I so hyȝe out of age & also my lorde,” 656 For soþely, as says þe wryt, he wern of sadde elde, Boþe þe wyȝe & his wyf, such werk watȝ hem fayled, Fro mony a brod day by-fore ho barayn ay byene,[32] Þat selue saré w{i}t{h}-outen sede i{n}-to þat same tyme. 660 [Sidenote: God tells Abraham that Sarah laughs at His words.] Þe{n}ne sayde oure syre þer he sete “se! so saré laȝes, Not trawande þe tale þat I þe to schewed; Hopeȝ ho oȝt may be harde my hondeȝ to work? & ȝet I a-vow v{er}ayly þe avau{n}t þat I made, 664 I schal ȝeply aȝayn & ȝelde þat I hyȝt, & sothely sende to saré a soñ & an hayre.” [Sidenote: Sarah denies that she laughed.] Þe{n}ne swenged forth saré & swer by hir trawþe, Þat for lot þat þay lansed[33] ho laȝed neu{er}. 668 “Now i{n}nogh{e} hit is not so” þe{n}ne n{ur}ned þe dryȝtyn, “For þ{o}u laȝed aloȝ, bot let we hit one.” [Sidenote: Abraham’s guests set out towards Sodom, two miles from Mamre.] With þat þay ros vp radly as þay rayke schulde, & setten toward sodamas her syȝt alle at-oneȝ; 672 For þat Cite þ{er} bysyde watȝ sette i{n} a vale, No myleȝ fro mambre mo þe{n} tweyne, Where-so wonyed þis ilke wyȝ þat wendeȝ w{i}t{h} oure lorde, For to tent hy{m} w{i}t{h} tale & teche hy{m} þe gate, 676 [Sidenote: The patriarch accompanies them.] Þen glydeȝ forth god, þe godmo{n} hy{m} folȝeȝ. Abraham heldeȝ hem wyth, he{m} to co{n}ueye, I{n} towarde þe Cety of sodamas þat sy{n}ned had þe{n}ne I{n} þe faute of þis fylþe; þe fader hem þretes, 680