OF SETH, ENOCH, METHUSELAH, AND NOAH.

Of hiſe endinge ne wot ic nogt,
488 oc of iſ kinde woren brogt
Of his death we know nothing.
On werlde ſeue and ſeuenti ðhuſant men,
Or or flum noe ſpredde hiſ fen;
Queðer ſo it ðhogte hem iuel or good,
492 Alle he drinkilden in ðat flood.
His descendants were all destroyed by Noah's flood.
Of ſeth, ðe waſ adam-iſ ſune,
cam enos; he gan ali wune
Of bedes, and of godefrigtihed,
496 for liues helpe and ſoules red.
Of Seth came Enos, who was prayerful and God-fearing.
Ic wile rigt tellen, if ic can,
 [Fol. 10b.]
Adam, ſeth, enos, caynan,
Malaleel, iareth, enoch,
500 for alied[[107]] god ſelf him toch
fro mannes mene in to ðat ſtede
ðat adam forles for iuel dede;
God took Enoch to Himself,
get liueð enoch wið-vten ſtrif,
504 In paradiſ in ſwete lif;
to dwell with Him in Paradise.
Get he ſal cumen or domeſ-day,
And wenden iewes, if he may,
To ðe witteneſſe of ieſus criſt,
508 And tholen dead vnder antecrist;
Siðen ſal antecriſt ben ſlagen,
And man and angeles wurðen fagen.
chirches ben wurſiped mor and mor,
512 And fendes dregen ſorge and ſor.
Enoch shall come before Doomsday to turn the Jews to Christ.
Or enoch wente [fro] werldes wune,
Matuſale waſ boren iſ ſune,
Before Enoch went from the world Methuselah was born.
And lamech of matuſale,
Lamech came of Methuselah.
516 And of lamech rigt-wiſe noe.
Lamech begat Noah.
Metodius, ali martyr,
Adde in his herte ſighe[[108]] ſir;
Alſo he god adde ofte bi-ſogte,
520 Wiſlike was him in herte brogt
ðis midelerdes biginning,
And middel-hed, and iſ ending;
Methodius, holy martyr, knew much of this world's beginning, middle, and ending.

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