ðe dure, and fundend[139] neu_er_e mor. ðo ſeiden ðiſ angeles to loth wið ſped, Lot is commanded to leave the city with his friends before daybreak. If ðu frend haueſt and wi[l]t don red, 1084 Bid him, or day, redi ben, And ſwiðe ut ðiſ burgeſ flen, elles ſulen he brennen and for-faren, If he ne bi time heðe[n] waren. 1088 Two ðor werren q_u_am hi_m_ ðogte ear To wedden hiſ two dogtres ðear;[140] [139] So in MS. [140] _read_ dear THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. Lot warned his sons-in-law in vain. Loth hem warnede, wiſlike and wel, Oc he ne troweden hi_m_ neu_er_e a del. 1092 The angels led Lot and his family out of Sodom, On morgen quan day ca_m_ he_m_ to, Loth and hiſ dogtres two [Fol. 22.] Ledden ðiſ angeles ut in ſel, and bade them turn not back. And boden hem and tagten wel, 1096 ðat here non wente agen, for non ðhing he migte ſen. Lot thought the way to the hills hard and strong. Loth waſ wanſum, and ðugte long vp to ðo dunes ðe weie hard and ſtrong; 1100 He intreated that he might dwell in Segor. "Lou_er_d," q_u_at he, "gunde under dun, mot hic ben borgen in ðat tun!" ðo angeles ſeiden, "we ſulen it ſren,[141] ðor quile ðu wilt ðor-inne ben; 1104 This city was safe while Lot abode there; Ai waſ borgen bala-ſegor ðor q_u_ile ðat loth dwelledde ðor; when he left it, it was destroyed. Oc ſiðen loth wente ut of hine, brende it ðhunder, ſanc it erðe-dine. 1108 Sone ſo loth ut of ſodome cam, Sodom was destroyed by fire, brend-fier-rein ðe burge bi-nam; Hardere wreche ðor waſ cumen ðan ear was vnder flode numen; 1112 for sin and "unkind deeds." for men ðor ſinne un-kinde deden, ſo for-ſanc and brente ðat ſteden; So bitter-like iſ it for-don, Ne mai non dain waſſen ðor-on; 1116 So for-ſanc ðat folc ſinful ðor, ſwilc ſinful ſinne wex ðer nu_n_mor.