The Stars Are Set, and Fowl and Fish Are Made
| walknes wurðinge, and erdes frame, He knowned one ilc ſterre name, | [Fol. 3b.] |
| He ſettes in ðe firmament, | God set them in the firmament. |
| 136 Al abuten ðis walkne went; ðe ſeuene he bad on fligte faren, | He let them be |
| And toknes ben, and times garen. | for signs and for seasons. |
| Sunne and mone ðe moſte ben 140 Of alle ðe toknes ðat men her ſen; | Sun and moon are the greatest of all these tokens. |
| ðe mone iſ more bi mannes tale, ðan al ðis erðe in werldes dale; | The moon is greater than the earth. |
| And egeſt ſwilc ðe ſunnes brigt, 144 Iſ more ðanne ðe mones ligt. | The sun’s brightness is greater than the moon’s light. |
| ðe mones ligt is moneð met, ðor-after iſ ðe ſunne ſet; | The moon’s light is the measure of a month. |
| In geuelengðhe worn it mad, 148 In Reke-fille, on ſunder ſhad; | In the equinox was it made. |
| Two geuelengðhes timen her, And two ſolſtices in ðe ger. | Two equinoxes and two solstices are in the year. |
| On four doles delen he 152 ðe ger, ilc dole of moneð ðhre; Euere ſchinen ðo toknes brigt, And often giuen iſ on erðe ligt; wel wurðe his migt lefful ay, 156 ðe wroutis on ðe ferðe day! Forð glod ðis ferðe daiſ nigt, ðo cam ðe fifte dais ligt; | In four parts the year is divided, each part being of three months. |
| ðe fifte day god made ywis 160 of water, ilc fuel and eruerilc83 fiſ, And tagte fuel on walkene his fligt, Ilc fiſ on water his flotes migt, | On the fifth day, God made of water each fowl and fish, [Fol. 4.] |
| And bliſced hem, and bad hem ðen 164 And tuderande on werld[e] ben. | and bad them multiply. |
| Ðiſ fifte dai held forð his fligt, And forð endede ðat fifte nigt; | This fifth day took its flight, |
| And [cam] ðe ſexte dais ligt, 168 So made god wid witter migt, | and on the sixth day God made all cattle, reptiles, and wild deer (beasts). |
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Notes
83 So in MS.