THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
| Loth hem warnede, wiſlike and wel, 1092 Oc he ne troweden him neuere a del. | Lot warned his sons-in-law in vain. |
| On morgen quan day cam hem to, Loth and hiſ dogtres two | The angels led Lot and his family out of Sodom, |
| Ledden ðiſ angeles ut in ſel, | [Fol. 22.] |
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And boden hem and tagten wel, ðat here non wente agen, for non ðhing he migte ſen. | and bade them turn not back. |
| Loth waſ wanſum, and ðugte long 1100 vp to ðo dunes ðe weie hard and ſtrong; | Lot thought the way to the hills hard and strong. |
| "Louerd," quat he, "gunde under dun, mot hic ben borgen in ðat tun!" ðo angeles ſeiden, "we ſulen it ſren,[[141]] 1104 ðor quile ðu wilt ðor-inne ben; | He intreated that he might dwell in Segor. |
| Ai waſ borgen bala-ſegor ðor quile ðat loth dwelledde ðor; | This city was safe while Lot abode there; |
| Oc ſiðen loth wente ut of hine, 1108 brende it ðhunder, ſanc it erðe-dine. Sone ſo loth ut of ſodome cam, | when he left it, it was destroyed. |
| brend-fier-rein ðe burge bi-nam; Hardere wreche ðor waſ cumen 1112 ðan ear was vnder flode numen; | Sodom was destroyed by fire, |
| for men ðor ſinne un-kinde deden, ſo for-ſanc and brente ðat ſteden; So bitter-like iſ it for-don, 1116 Ne mai non dain waſſen ðor-on; So for-ſanc ðat folc ſinful ðor, ſwilc ſinful ſinne wex ðer nunmor. | for sin and "unkind deeds." |
| Ðo lotes wif wente hire a-gon, 1120 Sone ghe ſtod, wente in to a ſton; | Lot's wife turned back, and "went into a stone." |
| So iſt nu forwent mirie dale In to dririhed and in to bale, ðe ſwarte flum, ðe dede ſe, 1124 Non fiſ, non fuel ðor-inne mai be. ðat water iſ ſo deades driuen, | [Fol. 22b.] Thus is this merry dale turned into a swarthy lake. |
| Non ðing ne mai ðor-inne liuen; | Nothing may live therein. |
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