They led away with them Lot, his goods, children, and wife. He ledden a-wei wið herte prud. Loth and iſ agte, childre and wif, ben led a-wei bunden wið ſtrif; 860 [Fol. 17b.] oc on of hem, ðe flogen a-wei But one escaped and told Abram, who armed 313 servants and pursued the enemy. Told it abram ðat ilke deai. ðre hundred men and .xiij. wigt, Alle ſtalwurði and witt_er_ of figt, 864 wið mambre, and excol, and anel, Abram let him tunde wel; ðat hird he folged[126] alſ to ðan, On heued-welle of flum iordan, 868 ðor he wenden ben ſiker on nigt; Abram he brogte wel newe figt. Abram found them drunk and sleepy. He woren drunken and ſlepi, Abram[127] folc made hem dredi; 872 ſo heg, ſo long, ne ſpared he_m_ nogt, He brought them all to ground. Alle he ben ðor to gronde brogt, wið-ðuten ðo ðe cuden flen; [126] folgel in MS. [127] An _is_ is inserted by a later hand. ABRAM RESCUES LOT. MELCHIZEDEK BLESSES HIM. get ne migten he ſiker ben, 876 He pursued them unto Hoba, near Damascus. for magnie[128] of ðo woren ou_er_-taken, Abram cude hem to ſorwe maken. Henden damaſk, til burgt oba, Abram hem folwede and wrogte woa; 880 Much spoil he took. wifes, and childre, and ſrud, and ſat, He brogte agen and mikel he bat; And tol, and takel, and orf, he dede wenden hom to here ogen ſtede, 884 All this he did for love of Lot. for loteſ luue fel him ðuſ rigt, Borwen he ben wel of dat[129] figt. [Fol. 18.] The king of Sodom went out to meet Abram. Sodomes king in kinge dale, Mette abram wið feres wale, 888 In ðe weie ðe ligið to ſalem, ðe ſiðen iſ cald ieruſalem. Melchizedek brought him bread and wine. Melchiſedech, ſalameſ king, dede ab_ra_m ðor mikel wurðing; 892 He froðer[ed]e him, after iſ ſwinc, wið bredeſ fode and wines drinc;