Oft it rolled around and reared on end,
Nyf our lorde hade ben her lodeȝ-mon hem had lumpen harde
Had our Lord not been their (pilot) leader hardship had befallen them. —([p. 49].)
(V.) The Visit of Three Angels to Abraham ([p. 54]).
(VI.) The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ([pp. 64, 65]), including a description of the Dead Sea, the tarn (lake) of traitors ([p. 66]).
(VII.) The invasion of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar ([p. 71]), and the captivity of Judah ([p. 74]).
The following is a paraphrase of the fourth and fifth verses in the twenty-fifth chapter of the second book of Kings.[17]
Þenne þe kyng of þe kyth a counsayl hym takes
Then the king of the kingdom a counsel him takes,
Wyth þe best of his burnes, a blench for to make