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CAP. IV.

[verse 1] Adam forsothe knewe Eue his wijf, the which conceyuede [forsothe conceyued E pr. m.] , and bare Caym, sei|ynge, I haue had a man bi God. [verse 2] And [Om. D.] eft soons she bare his brother Abel. For|sothe Abel was a sheepherd of sheep, and Caym an erthe tilyer. [verse 3] And don it is after many dayes, that Caym shulde offre of the fruytis of the erthe ȝiftis to the [verse 4] Lord; Abel forsothe offride of the first gotun of his flok, and of the fatnes [fatnesses BDEH.] of hem. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and [verse 5] to his ȝiftis; to Caym forsothe and to the ȝiftis of hym he bihelde not. And Caym was greetli wroth, and therwith felle his chere. [verse 6] And the Lord seide to hym, Whi art thow wroth, and whi ther|with fallith thi face? [verse 7] Shalt thow not re|seyue wel [Om. BEF.] , if thou wel dost; ellis for|sothe euel, anoon in the ȝatis thi synnes shal ben at thee [Om. BDEH.] ? but vndre thee shal be the appetite of hym, and thow shalt haue lordship of hym. [verse 8] And Caym seide to Abel his brother, Go we out. Whanne thei weren in the feeld, aroos there with Caym aȝens his brother Abel, and slowe him. [verse 9] And the Lord seide to Caym, Where is Abel thi brother? The which answeryde, I wote neuere; whether am I

the keper of my brother? [verse 10] And he seide to hym, What hast thow don? the [Om. BDEFH.] vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro the erthe. [verse 11] Now than thow shalt be cursid vpon the erthe, the which openyde his mowthe, and toke the blood of thi brother of thin honde. [verse 12] Whanne thow worchist the erthe, it shal not ȝiue thee his fruytis; vagaunt and fer [ferer D.] fugitif thow shalt be vpon the [Om. D.] erthe alle the daies of thi lijf. [verse 13] And Caym seide to the Lord, More is my wickidnes than that I de|serue [verse 14] forȝeuenes; se! thow castist me out to day fro the face of the erthe; and fro thi face I shal be hid, and I shal be va|gaunt and fer fugitif in the erthe; al thanne [thei D.] that shal fynd me shal sle me. [verse 15] And the Lord seide to hym, It shal not be do so, but al that shal sle Caym shal seuene fold be punysshid. And the Lord sette a signe in Caym, that ech that fonde hym shulde not sle hym. [verse 16] And Caym, passid out fro the face of the Lord, dwellide fer fugitif in the erthe, at the eest plage of Eden. [verse 17] Caym forsothe knewe his wijf, the which forsothe con|seyuede, and bare Enok; and he bildide [belde BEF.] a citee, and callide [clepid BDEFH.] the name of it after the name of his sone Enok. [verse 18] Forsothe Enok gate Yrad, and Yrad gate Manyael, and Manyael gate Mathusael, and Ma|thusael [verse 19] gate Lameth; the which toke two wyues, the name of [to BDEFH.] the toon Ada, and name of [to BDEFH.] `the tother [that other D.] Sella. [verse 20] And Ada gate Jabel, that was fadre of dwellers [verse 21] in tentis and of sheepherdis; and the [Om. BDEH.] name of his brother Tubal, he was the fadre of syngerys in harp and orgon. [verse 22] Sella forsothe gate Tubalcaym, that was an hamer smyth [smyter BDEFH.] , and a smyth [smyter E.] into alle werkis of bras and of yrun; the sister forsothe of Tubalcaym, Noema. [verse 23] And La|meth seide to his wijfes Ade and Selle, Here ȝe my vois, wifes of Lameth, herken ȝe my word; for I slowe a man into my

wound, and a litle waxen man into my [verse 24] wannesse; veniaunce shal be ȝouun of Caym seuene fold, of Lameth forsothe seuenti sithes [sith BDEFH.] seuenfold. [verse 25] Forsothe ȝit Adam knewe his wijf, and she bare a child, and callide [clepid BDEFH.] the name of hym Seth, seiynge, God sette to me another seed for Abel, whom Caym slowe. [verse 26] But and to Seth is borne a sone, whom he callide [clepid BDEFH.] Enos; this [thees D.] bigan inwardli to clepe the name of the Lord.