for fiftene ger hadde adam, ðan caim of eue cam, 416 [103] _read_ ðan CAIN BUILDS ENO. LAMECH BEGINS BIGAMY. and afterwards Eve bore righteous Abel. And oðer fiftene al-ſwilc ſel, Quane eue bar rigt-wiſe abel.[104] [Fol. 9.] Abel was a hundred years old when he was slain by his brother. Abel an hundred ger waſ hold, ðan he was of iſ broðer wold; 420 An hundred ger after iſ dead, After this Adam from Eve in shrift abode one hundred years. Adam fro eue in ſrifte abead. To hundred ger and .xxx.^{ti} mo was adam hold and eue ðo, 424 Seth was born when Adam was 230 years old. ðan bor ghe ſeht in ðe ſtede Of caym ðat abel for-dede; Or or midleſt, or after ðo Bar eue of ada_m_ manige moo. 428 Cain fled from his home and became an outlaw. Ðor quiles ðat adam ſorge dreg for abel, caym fro him fleg, wið wif and hagte, and wurð ut-lage, wið dead him ſtood hinke and age. 432 He chose an abode near Eden. He ches a ſtede toward eden, And to him[105] ſameden oðer men, He built a city, Enoch by name. wallede a burg, e-no bi name; Theft and robbery was no sin to him; many foes he made. ðeft and reflac ðhugte hi_m_ no ſame, 436 for ðat he made hi_m_ manige fon, ðor he ðhogte he ſtonden agon. Measure of corn, weight of goods, division of land, taught he first. Met of corn, and wigte of fe, And merke of felde, first fond he. 440 Tellen ic wile ſo birðe bad, Ada_m_, caym, enos, iraab, Malaleel, matusale; Lamech is at ðe sexte kne, 444 [Fol. 9b.] The seventh man after Adam, of Cain's kind, was Lamech. ðe ſeuende man after adam, ðat of caymes kinde cam. ðiſ lamech waſ ðe firme man,