When all mankinde felt Iehoue’s[1086] almighty hand,
That drensht all nations quite, for their rebellious sinne,[1087]
Then strayght [eftsoones] in Scythia did the world [by Noah] beginne.
3.
Th’ Ægyptians hold forsooth that they restord
The world agayne, but, how vnlikely, see:
For Scythiae’s site is high as all accord,
From vs the fountaynes great’ste deriued bee.
The auncient writers all likewise agree,
That on Armenia mount the Arke [of Noah] did rest,