Ligber he ſridde a dere ſrud, An he wurðe in him-ſeluen prud, 272 and with that pride came envy. An wid ðat p_ri_de him wex a nyð, ðat iwel weldeð al his ſið; [94] MS. ihc. LUCIFER IS CAST INTO HELL, AND THERE PLOTS MAN'S FALL. ðo ne migte he non lou_er_d ðhauen, ðat him ſulde ðhinge grauen:[95] 276 "My flight," he says, "I will up take, "Min fligt," he ſeide, "ic wile up-taken, and make my seat north of heaven, and therein will I sit and see all things. Min ſete norð on heuene maken, And ðor ic wile ſitten and ſen Al ðe ðhinges ðe in wer[l]de ben, 280 Twen heuone hil and helle dik, And ben min lou_er_d geuelic." Then became he dragon that ere was knight; ðo wurð he drake ðat ear was knigt, ðo wurð he mirc ðat ear was ligt, 284 all that held with him became dark, dim, and black, And eu_er_ilc on ðat helden wid[96] him, ðo wurðen mirc, and ſwart, and dim, and fell out of heaven's light. And fellen ut of heuones ligt In-to ðis middil walknes nigt; 288 [Fol. 6b.] Yet would Satan not cease to commit sin. And get ne kuðe he nogt blinne for to don an oðer ſinne. He saw Adam and Eve in Paradise in great bliss and honour. Eſten[97] he ſag in paradiſ Adam and eue i_n_ mike[l] p_ri_ſ, 292 Newelike he was of erðe wrogt, And to ðat mirie bliſſe brogt; How may it be, thought he, that Adam is king and Eve queen of all things in the world, ðowgte ðis q_u_ead, "hu ma it ben, Adam ben king and eue q_u_uen 296 Of alle ðe ðinge i_n_ werlde ben. Hu mai it hauen, hu mai it ſen, Of fiſ, of fugel, of wrim, of der, Of alle ðhinge ðe wunen her, 300 Eu_er_ilc ðhing haued he geue name, while I am in sorrow, scathe, and shame.