He first began bigamy. ðe bigamie firſt bi-gan. 448 Bigamie is unkinde ðing, On engleis tale, twie-wifing; [104] At the bottom of fol. 8b is the catchword—Abel a hundred. [105] _him_ is by a later hand. LAMECH KILLS CAIN AND HIS OWN SERVANT. for ai was rigt and kire bi-forn, On man, on wiſ, til he was boren. 452 Two wives he took—Adah and Zillah. Lamech him two wifes nam, On adda, an noðer wif ſellam. Adah bare Jabal. Adda bar him ſune Iobal, He was a cunning shepherd. He was hirde witt_er_e and wal; 456 Of merke, and kinde, and helde, & ble, He taught separation and assembling. ſundring and ſameni[n]g tagte he; Jubal, his brother, wise in song and glee, Iobal iſ broðer ſong and glew, Wit of muſike, wel he knew; 460 wrote on tile and brass. On two tableſ of tigel and braſ wrot he ðat wiſtom, wiſ he was, ðat it ne ſulde ben undon If fier or water come ðor-on. 464 Zillah bare Tubal, a mighty smith. Sella wuneð oc lamech wið, ghe bar tubal, a ſellic ſmið; Iron, gold, silver, and brass he well knew how to separate and to mix. Of irin, of golde, ſiluer, and bras To ſundren and mengen wiſ he was; 468 He was skilled in making weapons of war and household tools. Wopen of wigte and tol of grið, wel cuðe [106]egte and ſafgte[106] wið. [Fol. 10.] Lamech ledde long lif til ðan Lamech at last became blind. He had a man to lead him to the woods in search of wild deer. ðat he wurð biſne, and haued a man 472 ðat ledde him ofte wudes ner, To ſcheten after ðe wilde der; Al-so he miſtagte, alſo he ſchet, And caim in ðe wude iſ let; 476 The knave mistook Cain for a deer.