The Story of Genesis and Exodus, etc.
| MAn og to luuen ðat rimes ren, ðe Wiſſeð wel ðe logede men, hu man may him wel loken | Man ought to love those who instruct the lewd, |
| 4 ðog he ne be lered on no boken, Luuen god and ſeruen him ay, For he it hem wel gelden may, And to alle criſtenei men | so that he who is not book-learned may love and serve God. |
| 8 beren paiſ and luue bi-twen; ðan ſal him almightin luuen, Her bi-neðen and ðund abuuen, And giuen him bliſſe and ſoules reſte[n] | God shall love all Christian men, and give them soul-rest |
| 12 ðat him ſal earuermor72 leſten. | that shall last evermore. |
| Ut of latin ðis ſong is dragen on engleis ſpeche, on ſoðe ſagen; | Out of Latin is this song turned into English speech. |
| Cristene men ogen ben ſo fagen 16 ſo fueles arn quan he it ſen dagen, ðan man hem telled soðe tale Wid londes ſpeche and wordes ſmale, | Christian men ought to be as glad as birds are of dawn to hear the story |
| Of bliſſes dune, of ſorwes dale; 20 Quhu lucifer, ðat deuel dwale, [Brogte mankinde in sinne and bale] | of man’s bliss and sorrow, |
| And held hem ſperd in helles male til god ſrid him in manliched, 24 dede mankinde bote and red, | and how salvation came through Christ, |
| And unſpered al ðe fendes ſped, And halp ðor he ſag mikel ned. | and destroyed the power of Satan. |
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Notes
72 So in MS.