_Uxor Noe._ Alas! for gret ruthe of this gret vengeaunce, Gret doyl it is to se this watyr so wyde! But ȝit thankyd be God of this ordenaunce, That we be now savyd on lyve to abyde. _Seem._ ffor grett synne of lechory alle this doth betyde, Alas! that evyr suche synne xulde be wrought! This fflood is so gret on every a syde, That alle this wyde werd to care is now brought. _Uxor Seem._ Becawse of chylderyn of God that weryn good, Dede forfete ryght sore what tyme that thei were, Synfully compellyd to Caymys blood, Therfore be we now cast in ryght grett care. _Cham._ ffor synful levynge this werde doth for-fare; So grevous vengeauns myght nevyr man se; Ovyr alle this werd wyde ther is no plot bare, With watyr and with flood God vengyd wylle be. _Uxor Cham._ Rustynes of synne is cawse of these wawys, Alas! in this fflood this werd xal be lorn; ffor offens to God brekyng his lawys, On rokkys ryght sharp is many a man torn. _Japhet._ So grevous fflodys were nevyr ȝett beforne, Alas! that lechory this vengeauns doth gynne! It were welle bettyr ever to be unborn, Than ffor to forfetyn evyr more in that synne. _Uxor Japhet._ Oure lord God I thanke of his gret grace, That he doth us save from this dredful payn! Hym for to wurchipe in every stede and place, We beth gretly bownde with myght and with mayn. _Noe._ Xl.ᵗⁱ days and nyghtes hath lasted this rayn, And xlᵗⁱ days this grett flood begynnyth to slake; This crowe xal I sende out to seke sum playn, Good tydynges to brynge, this massage I make. _Hic emittat corvum, et parum expectans iterum dicat_, This crowe on sum careyn is falle for to ete, Therfore a newe masangere I wylle fforthe now sende; ffly fforth, thou fayr dove, ovyr these waterys wete, And aspye afftere sum dry lond, oure mornyng to amend. _Hic evolet columba; qua redeunte cum ramo viride olivæ_, Joye now may we make of myrth that that were frende, A grett olyve bushe this dowe doth us brynge; ffor joye of this tokyn ryght hertyly we tende Our lord God to worchep, a songe let us synge. _Hic decantent hos versus._ Mare vidit et fugit, Jordanis conversus est retrorsum. Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, Sed nomini tuo da gloriam. _Et sic recedant cum navi._ V. ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICE. _Introitus Abrahe, etc._ Most myghty makere of sunne and of mone, Kyng of kynges, and Lord over alle, Allemyghty God in hevyn trone, I the honowre and evyr more xal! My Lord, my God! to the I kalle, With herty wylle, Lord, I the pray, In synfulle lyff lete me nevyr falle, But lete me leve evyr to thi pay.