[Some fragments of the _Book of Enoch_ (_vide ante_, Introduction to _Heaven and Earth_, p. 281), which were included by Georgius Syncellus (a Byzantine writer of the eighth century A.D.) in his _Chronographia_, pp. ii, 26 (_Corpus Script. Hist. Byzantintæ_, 1829, i. 20), were printed by J. J. Scaliger in 1606. They were, afterwards, included (i. 347-354) in the _Spicilegium SS. Patrum_ of Joannes Ernestus Grabius, which was published at Oxford in 1714. A year after (1715) one of the fragments was "made English," and published under the title of _The History of the Angels and their Gallantry with the Daughters of Men_, written by Enoch the Patriarch. In 1785 James Bruce, the traveller, discovered three MSS. of the _Book of Enoch_. One he conveyed to the library at Paris: a second MS. he presented to the Bodleian Library at Oxford (_Travels_, ii. 422, 8vo ed. 1805). In 1801 an article entitled, "Notice du Libre d'Enoch," was contributed by Silvestre de Sacy to the _Magasin Encyclopédique_ (An. vi. tom. i. p. 369); and in 1821 Richard Laurence, LL.D., published a translation "from the Ethiopic MS. in the Bodleian Library." This was the first translation of the book as a whole. The following extracts, which were evidently within Byron's recollection when he planned _Heaven and Earth_, are taken from _The Book of Enoch_, translated from Professor Dillman's Ethiopic Text, by R. H. Charles, Oxford, 1892:-- "Chap. vi. [1. And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied in those days that beautiful and comely daughters were born unto them. [2. And the angels, the sons of the Heavens, saw and lusted after them, and spake one to another, 'Come now, let us choose us wives from among the children of men, and beget children.' [3. And Semjâzâ, who was the leader, spake unto them: I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed.... [6. And they descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon.... "Chap. viii. [i. And Azâzêl taught men to make swords, etc. "Chap. x. Then spake the Most High, the Great, the Holy One, and sent Arsjalâljûr (= Uriel) to the son of Lamech, and said to him, 'Tell him in My Name to hide thyself!' and reveal to him that the end is approaching; for the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge will presently cover up the whole earth, and all that is in it will be destroyed. [3. And now instruct him that he may escape, as his seed may be preserved for all generations. [4. And again the Lord spake to Rafael; Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and place him in darkness; make an opening in the desert which is in Dudâêl and place him therein. [5. And place upon him rough and ragged rocks," etc.] [152] {306}[This does not correspond with Cain's statement--"After the fall too soon was I begotten," _Cain_, act. iii. sc. I, line 506 (_vide ante_).