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[verse 1] And two aungels comen to Sodom at euen, sittynge Loth in the ȝatis of the cyte. The whiche, whanne he had seen hem, roos, and ȝede to mete with hem, and honowride [anourede BEFH. worschepede D.] bowide into the erthe, [verse 2] and seide, I prey ȝow, syres, bowith down into the hows of ȝoure child, and dwell|ith there; wayshith ȝoure fete, and erly
ȝe shal go forth into ȝoure weye. The whiche seiden, Nay, but in the street we shulen dwel. [verse 3] He myche constreynede hem, that thei shulden turne to hym. And hem goon into his hows, he made a feest, sethede [seeth D.] therf breed, and thei eten. [verse 4] For|sothe bifore that thei shulden go to leg|gen, men of the cytee setten abowt his hows, fro child to oold man, al the puple [verse 5] to gider; and thei clepeden Loth, and seiden to hym, Where ben the men that comen in to thee at nyȝt? lede hem out hidir, that we knowen hem. [verse 6] Loth gon oute to hem bihynde the rigge, and tynd|ynge [verse 7] to the dore, seith, Wole ȝe not, I preye, my britheren, wole ȝe not this yuel don. [verse 8] I haue two douȝtren, the whiche ȝit knewen not [no BDEFH.] man; I shal lete hem out to ȝow, and mysvsith hem as it shal like to ȝow, so that ȝe don no thing of yuel to thes men, for thei ben comun ynne vndur the shadew of my roof. [verse 9] And thei seiden, Go aȝen thider. And eft|sonys, Thow art comen in, thei seiden, as a comelyng; whether that thow deme? thee thi silf thanne more than thes we shulen ouertraueyl. And foors thei maden to Loth moost hidowsly. Now nyȝ it was that thei shulden vp breke the ȝatis; [verse 10] and lo! the men putten to hoonde, and brouȝten into hem Loth, and [Om. D.] closeden [schetten D.] the dore. [verse 11] And hem that weren with out thei smyten with blyndnes, fro the leest vnto the moost; so that the dore thei myȝten not fynde. [verse 12] And thei seiden to Loth, Hast thow here eny man of thin, sone in lawe, or sones, or douȝtres; alle [verse 13] that ben thin lede out of this citee, we shulen do awey this place, therthurȝ that the cry of hem is ful encresid bifore the Lord, the which sende vs that we lesen hem. [verse 14] And so Loth gon out, spake [spekith D.] to his sonys in lawe, the whiche weren to take his douȝteres, and he seide, Risith,
and goth out fro this place, for the Lord shal do aweie this cite. And he was seen to hem as pleiynge to speke. [verse 15] And whanne was morutyde, the aungels con|streyneden hym, seiynge, Aryse, and take thi wijf, and thi two dowȝtrys, that thow hast, lest and thow with [Om. D.] perishe in the wickidnes of the citee. [verse 16] And hym deny|inge, thei token the honde of hym, and the honde of the wijf, and of the two dowȝtren of hym; ther thurȝ that the Lord wolde spare to hym. [verse 17] And thei ledden hym out, and puttiden [putten BDEFH.] hym out of the cyte. There thei speken to hym, seiynge, Saue thi soule; wole [wilne BEFH. wele D.] thow not bihold bihynde thi bak, and stonde thow not in al the regioun about, but in the hille make thee saf, lest and thow with perishe. [verse 18] And Loth to hem seide, My [verse 19] lord, I biseche, for thi seruaunt hath foundun grace bifore thee, and thow hast magnyfied grace and thi mercy, that thow hast don with me, that thow sauedist my soule; I may not in the hil be sauyd, lest perauenture yuel take me, and die; [verse 20] there is a cite here nyȝ a litle, to which Y may fle, and I shal be saf in it; whe|ther it is not litel? and [Om. D.] my soule shal lyue in it. [verse 21] And he seide to hym, Lo! in that I haue take thi preieris, that I subuerte not the citee for the which thow [verse 22] hast spokun; hye, and be thow [Om. BDEFH.] maad saf there, for I shal not mow do eny thing to the tyme that [Om. BDEFH.] thow be gon yn thidir. Therfore the name of that citee is clepid Segor. [verse 23] The sunne is gon out vpon the erthe, and Loth is gon in to Segor. [verse 24] Thanne the Lord reynede vpon Sodom and Gomor brenstoon and fier, fro the [verse 25] Lord fro heuene, and he subuertide thes citees, and al the regioun about, alle dwellerys of citees, and alle growynge thingis of the erthe. [verse 26] And the wijf of hym, biholdynge [biholdyndynge A.] bihynde her, was turned
into an ymage of salt. [verse 27] Abraham forsothe arysynge eerly, where he stode bifore|hond [verse 28] with the Lord, bihelde Sodom and Gomor, and al the erthe of that [thilk BDEFH.] regioun; and saw a multitude of sparkis [sperklis BDEFH.] steiynge vp fro the erthe, as smook of a furneys. [verse 29] Whan forsothe God had subuertid the citees of that regioun, he recordide of Abraham, and dylyueride Loth fro the subuersioun of citees in whiche he had dwellid. [verse 30] And Loth stiede [steyȝ BDEFH.] vp fro Segor, and dwellid in the hil, and hys two dowȝ|tris with hym, forsothe he dredde to dwel in Segor; and he dwellide in a spelunc [cawe D.] , `or a den [Om. BDEFH.] , he and his two dowȝterys with hym. [verse 31] And the more seide vnto [to BDEFH.] the lesse, Our fadir is old, and noon of the men is left in the lond, that myȝten gon into vs, [verse 32] after the maner of al londe; come, and make we hym drunkun with wyne, and slepe we with hym, that we mown kepe the seed of oure fadir. [verse 33] And so thei ȝauen to her fadir to drynk wyne that nyȝt, and the more was gon yn, and slept with the fadir; and he felide nother whan the dowȝter ley down, ne whan she aroos. [verse 34] And the tother day the more seide to the lasse, Lo! ȝistirday I slept with my fadir, ȝyue we hym to drynk wyne also this nyȝt, and thow shalt slepe with hym, that we sauen the seed of oure fadir. [verse 35] And thei ȝauen also that nyȝt to her fadir wyne for to drynk, and the lesse gon ynne slept [slepe D.] with hym; and nother than forsothe he felide whan he lay bi hir, or whan she aroos. [verse 36] Thanne conseyueden the two dowȝtris of Loth of her fader. [verse 37] And the more bare a sone, and clepide the name of hym Moab; he is the fadir of Moabytes vnto the day that is now. [verse 38] And the lesse bare a sone, and clepid the name of hym Amon, that is, the sone of my [many A.] puple; he is the fadir of Amonytes ȝit to this day.
