The Old and Middle English.
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| wiðuten c Noe and hise ðre sunen, | c except | |
| Sem, Cam, Iaphet, if we rigt munen, d | d consider | |
| and here e foure wifes woren hem wið; | e their | |
| ðise viii hadden in ðe arche grið.f | f peace | |
| Ðat arche was a feteles g good, | g vessel | |
| set and limed agen ðe flood; | ||
| ðre hundred elne was it long, | ||
| nailed and sperd,h ðig and strong, | h closed | |
| and lti elne wid, and xxxti heg i; | i high | |
| ðor buten Noe long swing he dreg k; | k bore toil | |
| an hundred winter, everilc del,l | l bit | |
| welken or m it was ended wel; | m passed ere | |
| of alle der ðe on werlde wunen,n | n dwell | |
| and foueles, weren ðerinne cumen | ||
| bi seven and seven, or bi two & two, | ||
| Almigtin God him bad it so, | ||
| and mete quorbi o ðei migten liven, | o whereby | |
| ðor quiles he p woren on water driven, | p they | |
| sexe hundred ger Noe was hold q | q old | |
| Quan he dede r him in ðe arche-wold. | r put | |
| Two ðusant ger, sex hundred mo, | ||
| and sex and fifti forð to ðo,s | s beside those | |
| weren of werldes elde numen t | t taken | |
| ðan u Noe was in to ðe arche cumen. | u when | |
| Ilc x wateres springe here strengðe undede, | x each | |
| and reyne gette y dun on everilk stede | y poured | |
| fowerti dais and fowerti nigt, | ||
| so wex water wið magti migt. | ||
| so wunderlike it wex and get | ||
| ðat fiftene elne it overflet, | ||
| over ilk dune,z and over ilc hil, | z mountain | |
| ðhurge Godes migt and Godes wil; | ||
| and oðer fowerti ðore-to, | ||
| dais and nigtes stod et so; | ||
| ðo was ilc fleis a on werlde slagen, | a flesh | |
| ðo gunnen b ðe wateres hem wið-dragen. | b began |
