And Adã called his wyfe Heua/ because she was the mother of all that
lyveth. And the LORde God made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes/
and put them on them. And the LORde God sayd: loo/ Adam is become as
it were one of vs/ in knowlege of good and evell. But now lest he
strech forth his hand and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate and
lyve ever.
And the LORde God cast him out of the garden of Eden/ to tylle the
erth whẽce he was taken. And he cast Adã out/ and sette at y^e
enteringe of the garden Eden/ Cherubin with a naked swerde movinge in
and out/ to kepe the way to the tree of lyfe.
¶ The .iiij. Chapter.
And Adam lay wyth Heua ys wyfe/ which conceaved and bare Cain/ and
sayd: I haue goten a mã of the LORde. And she proceded forth and bare
hys brother Abell: And Abell became a sheperde/ And Cain became a
ploweman.
And it fortuned in processe of tyme/ that Cain brought of the frute of
the erth: an offerynge vnto the LORde. And Abell/ he brought also of
the fyrstlynges of hys shepe and of the fatt of them. And the LORde
loked vnto Abell and to his offeynge: but vnto Cain and vnto his
offrynge/ looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceadingly/ and loured.
And the LORde sayd vnto Cain: why art thou angry/ and why loureste
thou? Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it? But &
if thou dost evell/ by & by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Not
withstondyng let it be subdued vnto the/ ãd see thou rule it. And
Cain talked wyth Abell his brother.
And as soone as they were in the feldes/ Cain fell vppon Abell his
brother and slewe hym And y^e LORde sayd vnto Cain: where is Abell thy
brother? And he sayd: I can not tell/ am I my brothers keper? And he
sayd: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers bloud cryeth vnto
me out of the erth. And now cursed be thou as pertaynyng to the erth/
which opened hyr mouth to receaue thy brothers bloud of thyne hande.
For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall hẽceforth not geve hyr
power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon the
erth.
[Sidenote: * Of this place no doute y^e pope which in all thinges
maketh hĩ self equal with God toke an occasion to marke all his
creatures: and to forbid vnder payne of excõmunicatiõ y^t no mã
(whether he were kĩge or emperowre) be so hardy to punishe them for
what so euer myschef they doo. The crowne is to thẽ a licence to do
what they wyste a protectiõ & a sure sentuarye.]
And Cain sayd vnto the LORde: my synne is greater/ then that it may be
forgeven. Beholde thou castest me out thys day from of the face of the
erth/ and frõ thy syghte must I hyde my selfe ãd I must be wandrynge
and a vagabunde vpon the erth: Morover whosoever fyndeth me/ wyll kyll
me. And the LORde sayd vnto hĩ Not so/ but whosoever sleyth Cain
shalbe punyshed .vij. folde. And y^e LORde put * a marke vpõ Cain that
no mã y^t founde hym shulde kyll hym. And Cain went out frõ the face
of the LORde and dwelt in the lande Nod/ on the east syde of Eden.
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