| Lamech ledde long lif til ðan | Lamech led long life till then |
| ðat he wurð biſne, and haued a man | That he became blind and had a man |
| ðat ledde him ofte wudeſ ner, | That led him oft to woods near, |
| To scheten after ðe wilde der; | To shoot after the wild deer (animals); |
| Al-so he miſtagte, alſo he ſchet, | As he mistaught, so he shot, |
| And caim in ðe wude iſ let; | And Cain in the wood is let; |
| His knape wende it were a der, | His knave (servant) weened it were a deer, |
| An lamech droge iſ arwe ner, | And Lamech drew his arrow near |
| And letet flegen of ðe ſtreng, | And let it fly off the string, |
| Caim unwar[n]de it under-feng, | Cain unwarned it received, |
| Gruſnede, and ſtrekede, and ſtarf wið-ðan. | Groaned, fell prostrate (stretched) and died with-that. |
| Lamech wið wreðe iſ knape nam, | Lamech with wrath his knave seized, |
| Vn-bente iſ boge, and bet, and slog, | Unbent his bow, and beat and slew, |
| Til he fel dun on dedeſ ſwog. | Till he fell down in death's swoon. |
| Twin-wifing and twin-manſlagt, | Twi-wiving (bigamy) and twi-slaughter (double homicide) |
| Of his ſoule beð mikel hagt. | On his soul is great trouble (anxiety). |
| —(ll.
471-486.) |