He ben don ut of paradiſ,
ðat erd al ful of ſwete bliſ;
He ben don ut of bliſſes erd, | They were turned out of Paradise. |
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Cherubin hauet ðe gateſ ſperd; | Cherubim closed the gates. |
Ne ſulen it neuere ben un-don,
Til ihesus beð on Rode don;
Ne ſulen it neuermore ben opened,
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Til ihesus beð on rode dead. | Never shall they be undone till Christ is crucified. |
Iff mikel is ſorge, and more care,
Adam and eue it wite ful gare;
Of paradiſ hem ðinkeð ſwem, | Thus Adam and Eve became acquainted with sorrow and care. |
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Of iwel and dead hem ſtondeð greim.
On ſundri ðhenken he to ben,
And neiðere on oðer ſen,
Til angel brogte adam bode, | [Fol. 8b.]
Evil and death troubled them. They thought that they must never look upon one another. |
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bodeword and tiding fro gode:— | Message came from God, |
“Adam, ðhu knowe eue ðin wif,
And leded ſamen gunker lif; | “Adam, know Eve, thy wife, and live together. |
Summe ſulen of gu to kumen,
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Sulen ben in to reſte numen;
Summe ſulen folwen fendes red,
And ben in ſorwe after ðe dead;
And get ſal godeſ dere ſune | Some that shall be born of you shall come to bliss, others shall be in sorrow after their death. |
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In gure kin in werlde wunen,
And he ſal bringen man a-gen
In paradiſ to wunen and ben.” | God’s dear Son shall bring man again into Paradise.” |
Swilc tiding ðhugte adam god,
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And ſumdel quemeð it his ſeri mood.
Ðiſ angel is to heuone numen, | These tidings partly softened Adam’s sorry mood. |
And adam iſ to eue cumen,
More for erneſte dan for gamen;
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Adam and eue wunen ſamen, | Adam and Eve lived together. |
And hadden childre manige i-wiſ,
Mo ðan of telleð de geneſis; | Children had they, many more than Genesis tells of. |
for fiftene ger hadde adam,
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ðan caim of eue cam, | After fifteen years Cain was born, |