The Battle of Four Kings Against Five
| On-kumen was cadalamor, king of elam, wið ferding ſtor; | were conquered by Chedorlaomer, and paid him tribute. |
| .xij. ger he weren under iſ hond, 844 And gouen him gouel of here lond; | Twelve years they were under his hand. |
| .xiij. ger gan ſo forð gon wulde he giuen him gouel non; | In the thirteenth they rebelled, |
| ðre kinges haued he wið him brogt, 848 wið here-gonge hiſe gouel ſogt; He ben cumen to mirie dale, An ðere he werken ſckaðe and bale; | Chedorlaomer and other three kings made war upon the cities. |
| fowre on-ſeken and fifue weren, 852 Oc ðe fowre ðe fiue deren; wunded ðor waſ gret folc and ſlagen, ðe fifwe flen, ðe fowre ben fagen; | Much sorrow they wrought. The four kings conquered the five. |
| ðe fifwe up to ðe dunes flen, 856 ðe fowre in to ðe tuneſ ten; wifwes, and childre, and agte, and ſrud, | The five flee to the hills, and the four to the cities of the plain. |
| He ledden a-wei wið herte prud. Loth and iſ agte, childre and wif, 860 ben led a-wei bunden wið ſtrif; | They led away with them Lot, his goods, children, and wife. |
| oc on of hem, ðe flogen a-wei | [Fol. 17b.] |
| Told it abram ðat ilke deai. ðre hundred men and.xiij. wigt, 864 Alle ſtalwurði and witter of figt, wið mambre, and excol, and anel, Abram let him tunde wel; ðat hird he folged126 alſ to ðan, 868 On heued-welle of flum iordan, ðor he wenden ben ſiker on nigt; Abram he brogte wel newe figt. | But one escaped and told Abram, who armed 313 servants and pursued the enemy. |
| He woren drunken and ſlepi, 872 Abram127 folc made hem dredi; ſo heg, ſo long, ne ſpared hem nogt, | Abram found them drunk and sleepy. |
| Alle he ben ðor to gronde brogt, wið-ðuten ðo ðe cuden flen; | He brought them all to ground. |
Notes
126 folgel in MS.
127 An is is inserted by a later hand.