ABRAM DWELLS AT MAMRE. LOT IN SODOM.
| In mirie dale hiſe bigginge he ches, 808 ðat he ſiðen twie for-les. | Jordan for his dwelling-place. |
| Abram let loth in welðe and
wale, | [Fol. 16b.] |
| And ferde a-wei to mambre dale; ðor wunede abram henden ebron, 812 ðat burge an oðer man lið on, | Abram dwelt in Mamre-dale, towards Ebron. |
| It atteð cariatharbe, On engle ſpeche fowre cite; fowre arbe cariatht arn in, | This city is called Kirjatharba, i. e. four cities. |
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for ðat fowre biried ðor ben; | Four lie buried there. |
| ðor waſ leid adam and eua, Abram ſiðen and ſarra; ðor yſaac and rebecca, 820 And iacob and hiſe wif lia. | There was laid Adam and Eve, Abram and Sarai, Jacob and Leah. |
| MAmbre, wið excol and anel, ðor luueden Abram ful wel; He woren breðere of kinde boren, 824 And abram woren he breðre ſworen. Quor abram wunede, ðor wex bi An ok' ðat waſ of gibi, | Mamre, Eschol, and Aner were sworn brothers with Abram. |
| ðer het god abre ðat tagte lond 828 Sal cumen al in hiſ kinneſ hond, And eſt and weſt, and ſuð and norð; Al ðat god wile ſal wel gon forð. | God promised that Abram's seed should possess the land wherein he was a stranger. |
| Ðo wurðen waxen ſo wide
and ſpred, 832 pride and giſcinge of louerd-hed; | Then was pride widely spread, and desire of sovereignty. |
| Neg ilc burge hadde iſe louereding, Sum waſ king, and ſum kumeling; | Nearly every city had its ruler. |
| Sum waſ wið migte[[125]] ſo forð gon, 836 ðat hadden he under hem mani on. | [Fol. 17.] |
| Fif burges of
pentapoliſ, Adama, bala, Seboyſ, And ſodoma wið gomorra, 840 ðe kinges welten burges ðoa, | The five cities of Pentapolis, ruled over by their own kings, |
The MS. has migt; but migte is at the bottom of p. 16 b in the catchwords—"Sū waſ wið migte."