Of hiſe endinge ne wot ic nogt,
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oc of iſ kinde woren brogt | Of his death we know nothing. |
On werlde ſeue and ſeuenti ðhuſant men,
Or or flum noe ſpredde hiſ fen;
Queðer ſo it ðhogte hem iuel or good,
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Alle he drinkilden in ðat flood. | His descendants were all destroyed by Noah’s flood. |
Of ſeth, ðe waſ adam-iſ ſune,
cam enos; he gan ali wune
Of bedes, and of godefrigtihed,
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for liues helpe and ſoules red. | Of Seth came Enos, who was prayerful and God-fearing. |
| Ic wile rigt tellen, if ic can, | [Fol. 10b.] |
Adam, ſeth, enos, caynan,
Malaleel, iareth, enoch,
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for alied god ſelf him toch
fro mannes mene in to ðat ſtede
ðat adam forles for iuel dede; | God took Enoch to Himself, |
get liueð enoch wið-vten ſtrif,
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In paradiſ in ſwete lif; | to dwell with Him in Paradise. |
Get he ſal cumen or domeſ-day,
And wenden iewes, if he may,
To ðe witteneſſe of ieſus criſt,
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And tholen dead vnder antecrist;
Siðen ſal antecriſt ben ſlagen,
And man and angeles wurðen fagen.
chirches ben wurſiped mor and mor,
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And fendes dregen ſorge and ſor. | Enoch shall come before Doomsday to turn the Jews to Christ. |
Or enoch wente [fro] werldes wune,
Matuſale waſ boren iſ ſune, | Before Enoch went from the world Methuselah was born. |
| And lamech of matuſale, | Lamech came of Methuselah. |
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And of lamech rigt-wiſe noe. | Lamech begat Noah. |
Metodius, ali martyr,
Adde in his herte ſighe ſir;
Alſo he god adde ofte bi-ſogte,
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Wiſlike was him in herte brogt
ðis midelerdes biginning,
And middel-hed, and iſ ending; | Methodius, holy martyr, knew much of this world’s beginning, middle, and ending. |