Adam.‍Nor aught to thank for?

Cain.‍No.

Adam. Dost thou not live?

Cain.‍Must I not die?

Eve.‍Alas!

The fruit of our forbidden tree begins30

To fall.

Adam. And we must gather it again.

Oh God! why didst thou plant the tree of knowledge?

Cain. And wherefore plucked ye not the tree of life?