Ne ſulen it neu_er_e ben un-don, Til ih_esus_ beð on Rode don; Ne ſulen it neu_er_more ben opened, Til ih_esus_ beð on rode dead. 388 Thus Adam and Eve became acquainted with sorrow and care. Iff mikel is ſorge, and more care, Ada_m_ and eue it wite ful gare; Of paradiſ hem ðinkeð ſwem, [Fol. 8b.] Evil and death troubled them. They thought that they must never look upon one another. Of iwel and dead hem ſtondeð greim. 392 On ſundri ðhenken he to ben, And neiðere on oðer ſen, Til angel brogte ada_m_ bode, Message came from God, bodeword and tiding fro gode:— 396 "Adam, know Eve, thy wife, and live together. "Adam, ðhu knowe eue ðin wif, And leded ſamen gunker lif; Some that shall be born of you shall come to bliss, others shall be in sorrow after their death. Su_m_me ſulen of gu to kumen, Sulen ben in to reſte numen; 400 Su_m_me ſulen folwen fendes red, And ben in ſorwe after ðe dead; And get ſal godeſ dere ſune God's dear Son shall bring man again into Paradise." In gure kin i_n_ werlde wunen, 404 And he ſal bringen man a-gen In paradiſ to wunen and ben." These tidings partly softened Adam's sorry mood. Swilc tiding ðhugte ada_m_ god, And ſumdel quemeð it his ſeri mood. 408 Ðiſ angel is to heuone numen, Adam and Eve lived together. And adam iſ to eue cumen, More for erneſte dan[103] for gamen; Adam and eue wunen ſamen, 412 Children had they, many more than Genesis tells of. And hadden childre manige i-wiſ, Mo ðan of telleð de geneſis; After fifteen years Cain was born,