His knape wende it were a der, An lamech droge iſ arwe ner, Lamech let fly an arrow, And letet flegen of ðe ſtre_n_g, Caim u_n_warde it under-feng, 480 which struck Cain and killed him. Gruſnede, and ſtrekede, and ſtarf wið-ðan. Lamech wið wreðe iſ knape nam, Lamech beat and slew his servant. Vn-bente iſ boge, and bet, and slog, Til he fel dun on dedeſ ſwog. 484 Thus was he guilty of twi-wiving and twin-slaughter. Twin-wifing ant twin-manſlagt Of his ſoule beð mikel hagt. [106] _read_ fegte and sagte? OF SETH, ENOCH, METHUSELAH, AND NOAH. Of his death we know nothing. Of hiſe endinge ne wot ic nogt, oc of iſ kinde woren brogt 488 His descendants were all destroyed by Noah's flood. On werlde ſeue and ſeuenti ðhuſant men, Or or flum noe ſpredde hiſ fen; Queðer ſo it ðhogte hem iuel or good, Alle he drinkilden i_n_ ðat flood. 492 Of Seth came Enos, who was prayerful and God-fearing. Of ſeth, ðe waſ adam-iſ ſune, cam enos; he gan ali wune Of bedes, and of godefrigtihed, for liues helpe and ſoules red. 496 [Fol. 10b.] Ic wile rigt tellen, if ic can, God took Enoch to Himself, Adam, ſeth, enos, caynan, Malaleel, iareth, enoch, for alied[107] god ſelf him toch 500 fro ma_n_nes mene i_n_ to ðat ſtede ðat adam forles for iuel dede; to dwell with Him in Paradise. get liueð enoch wið-vten ſtrif, In paradiſ in ſwete lif; 504 Enoch shall come before Doomsday to turn the Jews to Christ. Get he ſal cumen or domeſ-day, And wenden iewes, if he may, To ðe witteneſſe of ieſus criſt, And tholen dead vnder a_n_tecrist; 508 Siðen ſal antecriſt ben ſlagen, And man and angeles wurðen fagen. chirches ben wurſiped mor and mor, And fendes dregen ſorge and ſor. 512