wid ðat ligt worn angles wrogt,
And in-to newe heuene brogt, | With that light were angels made, |
ðat iſ ouer dis walkenes turn,
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God hem quuad ðor ſeli ſuriurn; | and brought into a new heaven. |
Summe for pride fellen ðeðen,
In-to ðis ðhiſterneſſe her bi-neðen; | Some for pride fell thence into nether darkness. |
Pride made angel deuel dwale,
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ðat made ilc ſorge, and euerilc bale,
And euerilc wunder, and euerilc wo,
ðat iſ, or ſal ben euere mo. | Pride turned angels into devils, who became the source of every sorrow, bale, and woe. |
He was mad on ðe ſunedai,
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He fel out on ðe munendai;
(ðis ik wort in ebriſſe wen,
He witen ðe ſoðe ðat iſ ſen.) | The devil was made on the Sunday and fell out on the Monday. |
forð glod ðat firme [dais] ligt,
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And after glod ðat firme nigt; | Forth glided the first light, and afterwards the first night. |
| ðe daigening cam eſt a-gon, | The dawning came again. |
His firme kinde dei was a-gon,
On walkenes turn wid dai and nigt
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Of foure and twenti time rigt; | Thus in the welkin’s course comes day and night “of twenty-four hours right.” |
ðes frenkis men o france moal,
it nemnen “un iur natural;” | [Fol. 2b.] |
And euere gede ðe dai biforn,
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ſiðen ðat newe werld was boren, | So ever came the day first, |
Til ihesus criſt fro helle nam,
Hiſ quemed wid eue and adam; | till Christ brought his saints from hell. |
fro ðat time we tellen ay,
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Or ðe nigt and after ðe day, | From that time we ever reckon first the night and then the day. |
for god ledde hem fro helle nigt
to paradises leue ligt;
ðo gan hem dagen wel iwiſſe,
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Quan god hem ledde in-to bliſſe. | For God led them from Hell’s might into Paradise’s bright light. |
On an oðer dai ðiſ middel-erd,
waſ al luken and a-buten ſperd;
ðo god bad ben ðe firmament,
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Al abuten ðis walkne ſent, | On the second day the earth was enclosed by the firmament, |