Sexe hundred ger noe was hold Quan he dede him in ðe arche-wold; 576 Two ðhuſant ger, ſex hundred mo, And ſex and fifti forð to ðo, weren of werldes elde numen ðan noe waſ in to ðe arche cumen. 580 The water springs undid their strength. Rain poured down on every place. Ilc wat_er_eſ ſpr_i_nge here ſtrengðe undede, And Reyn gette dun on eu_er_ilk ſtede fowerti daiſ and fowerti nigt, So wex wat_er_ wið magti migt; 584 So wunderlike it wex & get Fifteen ells it overflowed, over every hill and vale. ðat fiftene elne it ouer-flet, Ouer ilk dune, and ou_er_ ilc hil, ðhurge godes migt and godes wil; 588 And oðer fowerti ðore-to, Daiſ and nigtes ſtodet ſo; Then was all flesh destroyed. ðo waſ ilc fleiſ on wer[l]de ſlagen, ðo gu_n_nen ðe wat_er_es hem wið-dragen. 592 [111] _At the end of the line in the margin_ 'Se archa Nœe.' THE ARK STOOD IN ARMENIA. In the seventh month and the twenty-seventh day the ark stood in Armenia. Ðe ſeuend moned[112] waſ in cumen, And ſeuene and .xx.^{ti} dais numen, IN armenie ðat arche ſtod, ðo waſ wið-dragen ðat ilc flod. 596 When the tenth month came the waters withdrew. Ðo ðe tende moned[112] cam in, So wurð dragen ðe watreſ win; Dunes wexen, ðe flod wið-drog, It adde leſted longe a-nog 600 [Fol. 12b.] Forty days after this the ark's window is undone, the raven out flew, and came not again to the ark. Fowerti daiſ after ðiſ, Arches windoge undon it iſ, ðe Rauen ut-fleg, hu ſo it gan ben, Ne cam he nogt to ðe arche a-gen; 604 The dove found no clean place, and came again to the ark. ðe duue fond no clene ſtede, And wente a-gen and wel it dede;