Abram gave him a tenth of the spoil. Habra_m_ gaf him ðe tigðe del Of alle iſ bigete, and dede ðor wel, 896 And bliſcede dor[130] godeſ migt, ðat bargt abram wel of ðat figt; Melchizedek was both priest and king. for he waſ boðen king and preſt, of elde moſt, of wit hegest; 900 None knew from what family he sprung. wiſte no man of werlðe ðo, Quat kinde he waſ kumen fro; Some said that this king of Salem was Shem, Oc ſu_m_me ſeiden ðat it waſ ſem, ðiſ p_re_ſt and [oc] king of ſalem, 904 or or ðe flod waſ long bi-forn of noe bi-geten, of[131] iſ wif born, who lived until the birth of Isaac. And fro ſo longe ðor bi-foren Liuede til yſaac waſ boren. 908 The king of Sodom offered Abram the goods and cattle taken from the enemy. Sodomes king bed dor[132] ab_ra_m Al agte and erf, wið-uten man,[133] Alle heſ hadde wið migte bi-geten, [128] _read_ manige [129] _read_ ðat [130] _read_ ðor [131] MS. oſ. [132] _read_ ðor [133] ? nam ABRAM COMPLAINS FOR WANT OF AN HEIR. wolde he nogt hi_m_ hiſ ſwinc for-geten, 912 [Fol. 18b.] The patriarch would accept of nothing. oc ab_ra_m dede ðor meðelike wel, wid-held he ðor-of neu[_er_]e on del, oc al ðat eu_er_e fel him to, Then first began the custom of keeping the 15th year holy. Sac-les he let hin welden it ſo. 916 Ebruiſ ſeigen, wune hem wex her To algen ilk fiftene ger, for loth waſ fifti winter hold, Quan ab_ra_m him bi-told. 920 Abel first began first-fruit. Abel primiceſ firſt bi-gan, Abram tithes. And decimas first ab_ra_m; Nu iſt ſo boden and ſo bitagt, Quo-ſo hiſ alt him bi agt. 924