ðer het god abre ðat tagte lond Sal cumen al in hiſ kinneſ hond, 828 And eſt and weſt, and ſuð and norð; Al ðat god wile ſal wel gon forð. Then was pride widely spread, and desire of sovereignty. Ðo wurðen waxen ſo wide and ſpred, pride and giſcinge of lou_er_d-hed; 832 Nearly every city had its ruler. Neg ilc burge hadde iſe lou_er_eding, Sum waſ king, and ſum kumeling; [Fol. 17.] Sum waſ wið migte[125] ſo forð gon, ðat hadden he under hem mani on. 836 The five cities of Pentapolis, ruled over by their own kings, Fif burges of pentapoliſ, Adama, bala, Seboyſ, And ſodoma wið gomorra, ðe kinges welten burges ðoa, 840 [125] The MS. has migt; but migte is at the bottom of p. 16 b in the catchwords—"Sū waſ wið migte." THE BATTLE OF FOUR KINGS AGAINST FIVE. were conquered by Chedorlaomer, and paid him tribute. On-kumen was cadalamor, king of elam, wið ferding ſtor; Twelve years they were under his hand. .xij. ger he weren under iſ hond, And gouen him gouel of here lond; 844 In the thirteenth they rebelled, .xiij. ger gan ſo forð gon wulde he giuen him gouel non; Chedorlaomer and other three kings made war upon the cities. ðre kinges haued he wið him brogt, wið here-gonge hiſe gouel ſogt; 848 He ben cumen to mirie dale, An ðere he werken ſckaðe and bale; Much sorrow they wrought. The four kings conquered the five. fowre on-ſeken and fifue weren, Oc ðe fowre ðe fiue deren; 852 wunded ðor waſ gret folc and ſlagen, ðe fifwe flen, ðe fowre ben fagen; The five flee to the hills, and the four to the cities of the plain. ðe fifwe up to ðe dunes flen, ðe fowre in to ðe tuneſ ten; 856 wifwes, and childre, and agte, and ſrud,