And he abode yet .vij. dayes mo/ and sent out the doue agayne out of
the arke/ And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde/ and
beholde: There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had
plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated vppon the
erth. And he taried yet .vij. other dayes/ and sent forth the doue/
which from thence forth came no more agayne to him.
And it came to passe/ the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst
daye of the fyrst moneth/ that the waters were dryed vpp apon the
erth. And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde/
the face of the erth was drye. So by the .xxvij. daye of the seconde
moneth the erth was drye.
And God spake vnto Noe saynge: come out of the arcke/ both thou and
thy wyfe ãd thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. And all the
beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be/ both foule and
catell and all maner wormes that crepe on the erth/ brynge out with
the/ and let them moue/ growe ãd multiplye vppon the erth. And Noe
came out/ ãd his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym.
And all the beastes/ and all the wormes/ and all the foules/ and all
that moved vppon the erth/ came also out of the arke/ all of one kynde
together.
And Noe made an aulter vnto the LORDE/ and toke of all maner of clene
beastes and all maner of clene foules/ and offred sacrifyce vppon the
aulter. And the LORDE smellyd a swete savoure and sayd in his hert: I
wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for mannes sake/ for the
imagynacion of mannes hert is evell/ even from the very youth of hym.
Morouer I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that lyveth as I haue
done. Nether shall sowynge tyme and harvest/ colde/ and hete/ somere &
wynter/ daye and nyghte ceasse/ as longe as the erth endureth.
¶ The .ix. Chapter.
And God blessed Noe and his sonnes/ and sayd vnto them: Increase and
multiplye and fyll the erth.
The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beastes of the erth/ and
vppon all foules of the ayre/ ãd vppon all that crepeth on the erth/
and vppon all fyshes of the see/ which are geuen vnto youre handes And
all that moveth vppon the erth havynge lyfe/ shall be youre meate:
Euen as y^e grene herbes/ so geue I yow all thynge. Only the flesh
with his life which is his bloud/ se that ye eate not.
[Sidenote: * This lawe and soch like to exequute/ were kinges and
rulars ordeyned of God wherfore they ought not to suffre the popes
Caimes thus to shede bloud theirs not shed ageyne/ nether yet to sett
vpp their abhominable sẽtuaryes & necke verses cleane agenste the
ordinaunce of god/ but vnto their dãnacyon]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account