God made the wild deer to trouble man with sorrow and dread and cause him to moan his sinfulness. God made wirme _and_ wilde der. He pine man wid[87] ſorwe and dred, And don hem[88] monen hiſ ſinfulhed, 180 ðat iſ him loar quan he ſeð, ðan he for ſinne i_n_ ſorwe beð. Each kind of cattle, reptile, and beast was made of earth. Ilk kinnes erf, and wrim, and der Was mad of erðe on werlde her, 184 [Fol. 4b.] All were good while Adam was pure. And eu_er_ilc on in kinde good, ðor quiles ada_m_ fro ſinne ſtod; But reptiles and wild beasts hurt man as soon as he became sinful. Oc der and wrim it deren man fro ðan ðat he ſingen bi-gan; 188 In ðe moſte and i_n_ ðe leſte he forleſ Hiſ lou_er_d-hed[89] q_u_uanne he miſ-cheſ; Lions and bears tear him in pieces. Leunes and beres him wile to-dragen, Flies have no awe of him. And fleges ſen on him non agen; 192 Hadde he wel loked him wið ſkil, Ilc beſte ſulde don hiſ wil; Cattle help him through God's mercy. Erf helpeð him ðurg godes með, Hiſ lordehed[90] ðor-onne he ſeð. 196 And for hiſe ſinne oc he to munen, ðat moſte and leiſte hi_m_ ben binumen. On this sixth day God made Adam of earth, Ðiſ ſexte dai god made Adam, And his licham of erðe he nam, 200 and blew into his body a "life's blast," And blew ðor-in a liues blaſt, "a likeness of His Holy Ghost, A likneſſe of his hali gaſt, [85] qwilc? [86] to? [87] _read_ wið [88] him? [89] louerd-hel in MS. [90] _read_ louerd-hed OF PARADISE AND THE CREATION OF EVE. a spirit full of wit and skill." A ſpirit ful of wit and ſckil; ðor quiles it folgede heli wil, 204 God ſelf ðor quile liket iſ, An un-liſ q_u_uanne it wile miſ.