A ſpirit ful of wit and ſckil;
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ðor quiles it folgede heli wil,
God ſelf ðor quile liket iſ,
An un-liſ quuanne it wile miſ. | a spirit full of wit and skill.” |
[I]N feld damaske adam was mad,
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And ðeðen fer on londe ſad; | In Damascus field Adam was made. |
God bar him in-to paradiſ,
An erd al ful of ſwete bliſ; | God bore him into Paradise, an abode full of sweet bliss. |
| fol wel he wid him ðor dede, | [Fol. 5.] |
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bi-tagte him al ðat mirie ſtede;
Oc an bodeword ðer he him forbed,
if he wulde him ſilden fro ðe ded, | He intrusted to him all that pleasant place. |
ðat he ſulde him ðer loken fro
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A fruit, ðe kenned wel and wo, | But forbad him to touch the fruit which taught “weal and woe.” |
And hiegt him ded he ſulde ben
If he ðat bode-word ne gunne flen. | Dead should he be if he broke this command. |
God brogt adam ðor bi-forn
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Ilc kinnes beſte of erðe boren,
and fugel, an fiſ, wilde and tame, | God brought all beasts of the earth, fowl, and fish unto Adam, |
ðor gaf adam ilc here iſ name;
Ne was ðor non lik adam. | who gave to each a name. |
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God dede dat he on ſweuene cam,
And in ðat ſweuene he let him ſen
Mikel ðat after ſulde ben. | God caused a sleep to come upon Adam, and in that sleep he saw much that should hereafter be. |
Ut of his ſide he toc a rib,
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And made a wimman him ful ſib,
And heled him ðat ſide wel
ðat it ne wrocte him neuere a del. | Out of his side God took a rib, and out of it made a woman. |
Adam abraid, and ſag ðat wif,
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Name he gaf hire dat iſ ful Rif; | Adam awoke and saw his wife. |
Iſſa waſ hire firſte name,
ðor-of ðurte hire ðinken no ſame; | Issa was her first name, |
Mayden, for ſche was mad of man,
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Hire firſt name ðor bi-gan; | because she was made of man. |
Siðen ghe brocte us to woa,
Adam gaf hire name eua. | After she brought us to woe Adam called her Eva.
[Fol. 5b.] |