Of them were giants born who wrought many evils. Migti men, and figti, [and] for-loren; He wrogten manige [sinne] and bale, Of ðat migt [nu] is litel tale; 548 [Fol. 11b.] for ðat he god ne luueden nogt, ðat migt iſ al to ſorge brogt; For their great sin there came wrath and vengeance upon the world. for ſwilc ſinful dedes ſake, ſo cam on werlde wreche and wrake 552 for to bliſſen ſwilc ſinnes ſame, ðat it ne wexe at more hu_n_-frame. A flood drowned man and beast. Ðo wex a flod ðis werlde wid-hin, and [o]uer-flowged men & deres kin, 556 Noah and his family were saved in an ark. wið-vten noe and hise ðre ſunen, Sem, Cam, Iaphet, if we rigt munen, [109] _read_ ðat [110] wentem MS. THE BUILDING OF THE ARK. THE FLOOD. And here foure wifes woren he_m_ wið; ðise .viij. hadden i_n_ ðe arche grið.[111] 560 The ark was a good vessel. Ðat arche was a feteles good, ſet and limed a-gen ðe flood; Three hundred ells was it long, ðhre hundred elne waſ it long, Naild and ſperd, ðig and ſtrong, 564 fifty wide, and thirty high. And .l.^{ti} elne wid, and .xxx.^{ti} heg; ðor buten noe (.) long ſwing he dreg, A hundred winters was Noah in building it. An hundred winter, eu_er_ilc del, welken or it was ended wel; 568 Of alle der ðe on werlde wunen, And foueles weren ðer-inne cume_n_ Clean animals entered the ark by seven and seven, unclean by two and two. Bi ſeuene and ſeuene, or bi two & two, Al-migti_n_ god him bad it ſo, 572 And mete q_u_orbi ðei migte_n_ liuen, ðor q_u_iles he woren on water driuen. [Fol. 12.] Six hundred years old was Noah when he entered the ark.