Thy guilt is more than that of mine,
If thou wilt rightly understand,
Our misery thou didst begin,
By thee thy husband was deceived.
Eve went back where Noah was,
And told him all how she was blam’d,
Of her great sin and first trespass,
Whereof she was so much ashamed.
Then Noah said, I will go down,
And will forbid her that she knock;