Meiſt_er_ men for to maken it ſo. 664 All spoke one speech before. Al waſ on ſpeche ðor bi-foren, Now sundry tongues arose and sorely terrified the workmen. ðor woren ſundri ſpeches boren; ðo wurðen he frigti and a-griſen, for dor[119] waſ ſundri ſpecheſ riſen, 668 Seventy-two land-speeches were then spoken. Sexti lond-ſpeches and .xii. mo, weren delt ðane i_n_ werlde ðo. That tower was called Babel. Babel, ðat tur, bi-lef un-mad, The folk became scattered afar upon the earth. ðat folc iſ wide on lon[de] ſad; 672 Nembrot nam wið ſtrengðhe ðat lond, And helde ðe tur o babel in hiſ hond. Belus was Nimrod's son, and after him reigned Nilus, who set up an image in remembrance of his father. Beluſ king waſ nembrot ſune, Nilus hiſ ſune gan ille wune; 676 Belus wurð dead, and nilus king Made likeneſſe, for muni[gin]g[120] [Fol. 14.] After hiſ fader, and he ſo dede, He it ſetten on an mirie ſtede; 680 Nilus rewarded all that honoured this likeness. Eu_er_ilc man he gaf lif and frið ðat to ðat likeneſſe ſogte grið; for ðat frið ðat hem [gaf] ðe king, He boren ðat likneſſe wurðing, 684 They called it Bel, after Belum. Calden it bel, after belum; After ðis cam ſwilc oðer ſum, Many made likenesses of their friends. Manie man, iſ frend for to munen, Made likneſſe after ðe wunen, 688 Bel was the first, and hence the names Bal or Balim. Bel was ðe firſte, and after him Sum higte beland, ſu_m_ balim, And ſu_m_ bel, and ſu_m_ bal; fendes fleiðing wex wið-al, 692 To wenden men fro godes reed, To newe luue and to newe dred;