Þat schal wasch alle þe worlde of werkez of fylþe;
Schal no flesch upon folde by fonden on lyve,
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Outtaken yow aȝt in þis ark staued,
And sed þat I wyl save of þyse ser bestez.'
[No]w Noe never sty[n]tez—þat [n]yȝ[t] he by|gynnez— [M. now, but I cannot distinguish first two letters, which are very blurred: MS., M. stystez, M. note styntez(?), accepted by Fi.: MS. myȝ, M., Sk. niyȝ[t].]
Er al wer stawed and stoken as þe steven wolde. [er al very faint.]
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Thenne sone com þe sevenþe day when samned wern alle, [folio 66a]
And alle woned in þe whichche, þe wylde and þe tame.
Þen bolned þe abyme, and bonkez con ryse,
Waltes out uch w[e]lle-heved in ful wode stremez,
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Watz no brymme þat abod unbrosten bylyve; [MS., M., Sk. walle (but cf. 428).]
Þe mukel lavande loghe to þe lyfte rered.
Mony clustered clowde clef alle in clowtez,
Torent uch a rayn-ryfte and rusched to þe urþe,
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Fon never in forty dayez; and þen þe flod ryses,
Overwaltez uche a wod and þe wyde feldez.
For when þe water of þe welkyn wyth þe worlde mette,
Alle þat deth moȝt dryȝe drowned þerinne.
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Þer watz moon for to make when meschef was cnowen,
Þat noȝt dowed bot þe deth in þe depe stremez.
Water wylger ay wax, wonez þat stryede,
Hurled into uch hous, hent þat þer dowelled. [MS., M. dowelled; Sk. dwelled.]
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Fyrst feng to þe flyȝt alle þat fle myȝt,
Uuche burde wyth her barne þe byggyng þay levez,
And bowed to þe hyȝ bonk þer brentest hit wer[e], [MS., M. wern; Sk. emends to were; B. would read bonkes.]
And heterly to þe hyȝe hyllez þay aled on faste. [MS., M. 1 aled; M. 2, Sk. [h]aled, but consistency in this respect would necessitate many more emendations.]
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