Anon forthwith it was pourveied
Thurgh him which alle thinges may;
[The Origin of Mankind.]
He made Adam the sexte day
In Paradis, and to his make
Him liketh Eve also to make,
And bad hem cresce and multiplie.
For of the mannes Progenie, 30
Which of the womman schal be bore,
The nombre of Angles which was lore,