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A fourteenth century English Biblical version, edited by Anna C. Paues ...

& ne þoȝte not how his God had y-maad hym so of noȝt, to ben in al þat blisse [S folio 1b] in þe degre of [P folio 1b] a seruaunt, to wor|schypen his God as a trewe seruaunt schulde; & of his fayrnesse he fel in-to a pryde, & sayde in his þouȝt, Y wole sette my sege in þe norþ, & y [om. P.] wole [changed to wolde by a later hand, S. wele P.] be lyche hym þat is heyȝest in heuene. & many angeles þat weren in heuene assenteden to þis þouȝt of pryde þat Lucyfer had conceyued. & þo [om. P.] God schewed hym what he was, and by whom he was y-maad of noȝt, & þo Lucyfer knew hym-self & knew his trespas þat he [om. P.] hadde y-don a-ȝeyn his God, he fel a-down fro þis blisse of heuene in-to þe deppeste [followed by pet of helle, crossed cut. P.] sorowe & peyne of helle, þat was a dispeyr of forȝeuenesse of his synne þat he hadde y-don aȝeyns his God. & alle þilke angelis þat assenteden to hym fellyn down fro þe blisse of heuene in-to þe peynes of helle. Bote noȝt alle ylyche [a lyche P.] depe: for þilke þat weren heyȝest in blysse, aftur þe doynge of hure trespas, þei weren deppest in peyne. For al hure wysdom, hure myȝt, & hure bryȝtnesse, þat encresed hure blisse, aftur þei hadden y-synned, encresed hure peyne: & þe grettest peyne þat þei hadden was dispeyr of forȝeuenesse of hure synne. For whan þei knewen how God hadde y-maad hem of noȝt, in so parfyt kynde as þei weren y-maad, & y-putte hem in blisse to hauen eueremore y-dwelled þerynne, & þei of hure owne þouȝtes vnkyndeliche forsoken [S folio 2] hure God, & wor|schupeden anoþer as god þat God hade y-maad of [P folio 2] noȝt, þei fellen in-to sorowe for þis trespes, & þouȝten hure trespas so gret þat hem þoȝte God ne myȝte not forȝeuen hem hure trespas. & so þei fellen in-to dispeyr of forȝeuenesse, & þat [added above the line, P.] dispeyr is þe depe pitt of helle, in þe whuche lyþ Lucyfer & many oþere of his felawes þat fellen wiþ hym from heuene. And þo Lucyfer was y-falle from blisse in-to peyne, he had enuye to mankynde þat wonyed in paradys, & þoȝte he wolde make man lese þe blysse of paradys, as he [om. P.] for his pryde had y-lost þe blysse of heuene. And so he made hym|self in þe lyknesse of an edder, & come to þe womman þat was
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