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[Of the name Adam, and of Paradise.]
Adam was made of manes elde,
Als he might him seluen welde,
As austin sais þat lies noght,
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And widuten paradis was wroght.
Here nou þe resun of his name,
Qui þat he was cald adam;
In þis name er four lettris laid,
þat of þe foure ȝatis er said,
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Sua mekil es adam forto muth
Als est, west, north, and south.
And þu may aske widuten blame
Qui godd him gaf sua grett a name?
Parfai þat es bot etht to rede,
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It takins adam and his sede,
Oueral þe world suld þai sprede,
And þarof bere þe lauerdhede.
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Als vr lauerd has heuen in hand [folio 5b:1]
Sua suld man be lauerd of land,
þar for he gaf him to bigine,
A lufsum land to duell in;
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A land of liif, of ioy and bliss,
þe quilk men calis paradis.
Into þat land widuten bade,
was adam brouth quen he was made,
He gaf it him as in eritage,
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To ȝeild þar for na knaulage;
Bot for to hald it wel unbrokin,
þe forbode þat was bituix þaim spokin.
Bot for-þi þat he held it noght,
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He did vs all in bale be broght,
In bale he broght vs and in care,
Als i sal tell ȝou forder mare.
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