After seven days the dove left the ark and returned with an olive bough. ðe ſeuendai eſt ut it tog, And brogt a grene oliues bog; 608 Seue nigt ſiðen eu_er_ilc on Seven nights after all are let out of the ark. He is let ut flegen, crepen, and gon, wið-uten ilc ſeuend clene der ðe he ſacrede on an aucter. 612 Sex hundred ger and on dan[113] olde Noah looked out of the ark and saw that the earth was dry. Noe ſag ut of ðe arche-wolde; ðe firſt moned[112] and te firſt dai, He ſag erðe drie & te wat_er_ awai; 616 get he waſ wiſ and nogt to rad, Yet went he not out till he was bidden by God. Gede he nogt ut, til god hi_m_ bad. Ðe toðer moneð was in cumen, And ſeuene and twenti dais numen, 620 ðo herde Noe wol bliðe bode At God's command he and his family left the ark. Of a ſteuene, ðe cam fro gode; He and hiſe wif wenten ut fre, Hiſe ſunes and here wifes ðre; 624 Noah made an altar and sacrificed thereon. He made an aucter on godeſ name, And ſacrede he ðor-on, for ſowleſ frame, [Fol. 13.] The seventh deer was offered up, Ilc ſeuende der of clene kin, ðe waſ holden in arche wið-hin, 628 [112] _read_ moneð [113] _read_ ðan THE RAINBOW APPEARS IN THE WELKIN. the others were allowed to escape alive. And leten ðe oðre to liue gon, of hem ben tudered manigon. Noah besought God that he would no more send such destruction upon mankind. Often he [bad] wid[114] frigti bede, ðat ſwiulc wreche ſo god ðo dede 632 Ne ſulde more on werlde cumen, Q_u_at wreche ſo ðor wurðe numen.