Then was the first morning time that ever sprang in the world. ðat waſ ðe firme morgen tid, ðat euere ſprong in werld[e] wid. 60 [74] _read_ bidde [75] 'may' is inserted between 'ðog' and 'hic' in a later hand. [76] MS. īme. THE DEVIL'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. THE FIRST LIGHT DAWNS. With that light were angels made, wid ðat ligt worn angles wrogt, And in-to newe heuene brogt, and brought into a new heaven. ðat iſ ouer dis[77] walkenes turn, God hem q_u_uad ðor ſeli ſuriurn; 64 Some for pride fell thence into nether darkness. Su_m_me for pride fellen ðeðen, In-to ðis ðhiſterneſſe her bi-neðen; Pride turned angels into devils, who became the source of every sorrow, bale, and woe. Pride made angel deuel dwale, ðat made ilc ſorge, and eu_er_ilc bale, 68 And eu_er_ilc wunder, and eu_er_ilc wo, ðat iſ, or ſal ben euere mo. The devil was made on the Sunday and fell out on the Monday. He was mad on ðe ſunedai, He fel out on ðe munendai; 72 (ðis ik wort in ebriſſe wen, He witen ðe ſoðe ðat iſ ſen.) Forth glided the first light, and afterwards the first night. forð glod ðat firme [dais] ligt, And after glod ðat firme nigt; 76 The dawning came again. ðe daigening cam eſt[78] a-gon, Thus in the welkin's course comes day and night "of twenty-four hours right." His firme kinde dei was a-gon, On walkenes turn wid dai and nigt Of foure and twenti time rigt; 80 [Fol. 2b.] ðes frenkis men o france moal, it nemnen "un iur natural;" So ever came the day first, And eu_er_e gede ðe dai biforn, ſiðen ðat newe werld was boren, 84