Which every kinde made dye 540
That upon Middelerthe stod,[979]
Outake Noë and his blod,
His Sones and his doughtres thre,
Thei were sauf and so was he;—
Here names who that rede rihte,
Sem, Cam, Japhet the brethren hihte;—[980]
P. iii. 103
And whanne thilke almyhty hond
Withdrouh the water fro the lond,