Ðe ſeuend moned waſ in cumen,
And ſeuene and.xx.ti dais numen,
IN armenie ðat arche ſtod,
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ðo waſ wið-dragen ðat ilc flod. | In the seventh month and the twenty-seventh day the ark stood in Armenia. |
Ðo ðe tende moned cam in,
So wurð dragen ðe watreſ win;
Dunes wexen, ðe flod wið-drog,
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It adde leſted longe a-nog | When the tenth month came the waters withdrew. |
Fowerti daiſ after ðiſ,
Arches windoge undon it iſ,
ðe Rauen ut-fleg, hu ſo it gan ben,
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Ne cam he nogt to ðe arche a-gen; | [Fol. 12b.]
Forty days after this the ark’s window is undone, the raven out flew, and came not again to the ark. |
ðe duue fond no clene ſtede,
And wente a-gen and wel it dede; | The dove found no clean place, and came again to the ark. |
ðe ſeuendai eſt ut it tog,
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And brogt a grene oliues bog;
Seue nigt ſiðen euerilc on | After seven days the dove left the ark and returned with an olive bough. |
He is let ut flegen, crepen, and gon,
wið-uten ilc ſeuend clene der
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ðe he ſacrede on an aucter.
Sex hundred ger and on dan olde | Seven nights after all are let out of the ark. |
Noe ſag ut of ðe arche-wolde;
ðe firſt moned and te firſt dai,
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He ſag erðe drie & te water awai;
get he waſ wiſ and nogt to rad, | Noah looked out of the ark and saw that the earth was dry. |
Gede he nogt ut, til god him bad.
Ðe toðer moneð was in cumen,
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And ſeuene and twenti dais numen,
ðo herde Noe wol bliðe bode | Yet went he not out till he was bidden by God. |
Of a ſteuene, ðe cam fro gode;
He and hiſe wif wenten ut fre,
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Hiſe ſunes and here wifes ðre; | At God’s command he and his family left the ark. |
He made an aucter on godeſ name,
And ſacrede he ðor-on, for ſowleſ frame, | Noah made an altar and sacrificed thereon. |
Ilc ſeuende der of clene kin,
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ðe waſ holden in arche wið-hin, | [Fol. 13.]
The seventh deer was offered up, |