righteous men, dwelling among that people.
God granted him this, and he began yet to entreat,
until he came to ten men, and God granted him then,
that He would not destroy them if He found there ten
righteous men, and He turned from him therewith.
Then God straightway sent to those shameful men
two angels in the evening, and they led Abraham's brother's son
Lot, with his family, out of the city;
and there were no more found who were not wicked.
Then God sent to them, in the morning, fire and foul brimstone,
and burned them all up, and destroyed their cities,
and all that country with awful fire,
and there is now foul water there, where those foul men dwelt,
and Lot, the righteous, was delivered by God.
By these things we may perceive that the learned
servants of God greatly benefit the laity,
when they, in their office, intercede for them to God,
since God was willing to spare all the sinful,
if He had found there ten righteous men.
Even so [was it with] Dathan and Abiram, who spake foolishly,
and did great dishonour to Moses,
against God's will, when they were in the wilderness,
and despised his guidance, and sorely upbraided him;
then God was angry with them, and the earth clave asunder
where they dwelt, with their wives and children
within their tents, and they then all sank down,
quick, into the earth, overwhelmed with mould,
and the other folk fled affrighted at their cry.
