There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes. For after that the children of G.o.d had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern/ the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renowne And whan the LORde sawe y^t the wekednesse of man was encreased apon the erth/ and that all the ymaginacion and toughtes of his hert was only evell continually/ he repented that he had made man apon the erth and sorowed in his hert. And sayd: I wyll destroy mankynde which I haue made/ fr of the face of the erth: both man/ beast/ worme and foule of the ayre/ for it rep?teth me that I haue made them. But yet Noe found grace in the syghte of the LORde.
These are the generatis of Noe. Noe was a righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme/ & walked wyth G.o.d. And Noe begat .iij. sonnes: Sem/ Ham and Iapheth And the erth was corrupte in the syghte of G.o.d and was full of mischefe. And G.o.d loked vpon the erth/ d loo it was corrupte: for all flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth.
Than sayd G.o.d to Noe: the end of all flesh is come before me/ for the erth is full of there myschefe. And loo/ I wyll destroy them with the erth. Make the an arcke of pyne tree/ and make chaumbers in the arcke/ and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch. And of this facion shalt thou make it.
The lenth of the arcke shall be .iij. hundred cubytes/ d the bredth of it .l. cubytes/ and the heyth of it .x.x.x. cubytes. A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke. And wythin a cubyte compa.s.se shalt thou finysh it. And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in y^e syde of it: and thou shalt make it with iij loftes one aboue an other. For behold I wil bringe in a floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from vnder heaven/ wherin breth of life is so that all that is in the erth shall perish. But I will make myne apoyntement with the/ that both thou shalt come in to y^e arcke and thy sonnes/ thy wyfe and thy sonnes wyves with the.
And of all that lyveth what soever flesh it be/ shalt thou brynge in to the arcke/ of every thynge a payre/ to kepe them a lyve wyth the.
And male and female se that they be/ of byrdes in their kynde/ and of beastes in their kynde/ and of all maner of wormes of the erth in their kinde: a payre of every thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve. And take vnto the of all maner of meate y^t may be eaten & laye it vp in stoore by the/ that it may be meate both for y^e and for th?: and Noe did acordynge to all that G.o.d commaunded hym.
The .vij. Chapter.
And the LORde sayd vnto Noe: goo in to the arcke both thou and all thy houssold. For the haue I sene rightuous before me in thys generacion.
Of all clene beastes take vnto the .vij. of every kynde the male and hys female And of vnclene beastes a payre/ the male and hys female: lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre vij. of every kynde/ male and female to save seed vppon all the erth. For .vij. dayes hence wyll I send rayne vpp the erth .xl. days & .xl. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that I haue made/ from of the face of the erth..
And Noe dyd acordynge to all y^t the lorde cmaunded hym: and Noe was .vi. hundred yere olde/ when the floud of water came vppon the erth: and Noe went and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth hym/ in to the arke from the waters of the floud. And of clene beastes and of beastes that are vnclene and of byrdes and of all that crepeth vpp the erth/ came in by cooples of every kynde vnto Noe in to the arke: a male and a female: even as G.o.d commaunded Noe. And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came vppon the erth.
In the .vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe/ in the secde moneth/ in the .xvij daye of the moneth/ y^t same daye were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp/ & the wyndowes of heav? were opened/ d there fell a rayne vpon the erth .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes.
And the selfe same daye went Noe/ Sem/ Ham and Iapheth/ Noes sonnes/ and Noes wyfe and the .iij. wyues of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke: both they and all maner of beastes in their kide/ & all maner of catell in their kynde & all maner of wormes that crepe vppon the erth in their kynde/ and all maner of byrdes in there kynde./ and all maner off foules whatsoever had feders. And they came vnto Noe in to the arke by cooples/ of all flesh y^t had breth of lyfe in it. And they that came/ came male d female of every flesh acordige as G.o.d cmaunded hym: & y^e LORde shytt the dore vpp him
And the floud came .xl. dayes & .xl. nyghtes vppon the erth/ & the water increased and bare vp the arcke d it was lifte vp from of the erth And the water prevayled and increased exceadingly vppon the erth: and the arke went vpp the toppe of the waters.
And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure vpp the erth/ so that all the hye hylles which are vnder all the partes of heaven/ were covered: ev? .xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters/ so that the hylles were covered.
And all fleshe that moved on the erth/ bothe birdes catell and beastes perisshed/ with al that crepte on the erth and all men: so that all that had the breth of liffe in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye lond dyed.
Thus was destroyed all that was vpp the erth/ both man/ beastes/ wormes and foules of the ayre/ so that they were destroyed from the erth: save Noe was reserved only and they that were wyth hym in the arke. And the waters prevayled vppon the erth/ an hundred and fyftye dayes.
The .viij. Chapter.
And G.o.d rem?bred Noe & all y^e beastes & all y^e catell y^t were with hi in y^e arke And G.o.d made a wynde to blow vpp y^e erth/ & y^e waters ceased: d y^e fountaynes of the depe d the wyndowes of heav?
were stopte and the rayne of heaven was forbidd?/ and the waters returned from of y^e erth d abated after the ende of an hundred and .l. dayes.
And the arke rested vpp the mountayns of Ararat/ the .xvij. daye of the .vij. moneth. And the waters went away d decreased vntyll the x.
moneth. And the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth/ the toppes of the mounteyns appered.
And after the ende of .xl. dayes. Noe opened the wyndow of the arke which he had made/ d sent forth a raven/ which went out/ ever goinge and cominge agayne/ vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the erth
Then sent he forth a doue from hym/ to wete whether the waters were fallen from of the erth. And when the doue coude fynde no restinge place for hyr fote/ she returned to him agayne vnto the arke/ for the waters were vppon the face of all the erth. And he put out hys honde and toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke
And he abode yet .vij. dayes mo/ and sent out the doue agayne out of the arke/ And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde/ and beholde: There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated vppon the erth. And he taried yet .vij. other dayes/ and sent forth the doue/ which from thence forth came no more agayne to him.
And it came to pa.s.se/ the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth/ that the waters were dryed vpp apon the erth. And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde/ the face of the erth was drye. So by the .xxvij. daye of the seconde moneth the erth was drye.
And G.o.d spake vnto Noe saynge: come out of the arcke/ both thou and thy wyfe d thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. And all the beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be/ both foule and catell and all maner wormes that crepe on the erth/ brynge out with the/ and let them moue/ growe d multiplye vppon the erth. And Noe came out/ d his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym.
And all the beastes/ and all the wormes/ and all the foules/ and all that moved vppon the erth/ came also out of the arke/ all of one kynde together.
And Noe made an aulter vnto the LORDE/ and toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of clene foules/ and offred sacrifyce vppon the aulter. And the LORDE smellyd a swete savoure and sayd in his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for mannes sake/ for the imagynacion of mannes hert is evell/ even from the very youth of hym.
Morouer I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that lyveth as I haue done. Nether shall sowynge tyme and harvest/ colde/ and hete/ somere & wynter/ daye and nyghte cea.s.se/ as longe as the erth endureth.
-- The .ix. Chapter.
And G.o.d blessed Noe and his sonnes/ and sayd vnto them: Increase and multiplye and fyll the erth.
The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beastes of the erth/ and vppon all foules of the ayre/ d vppon all that crepeth on the erth/ and vppon all fyshes of the see/ which are geuen vnto youre handes And all that moveth vppon the erth havynge lyfe/ shall be youre meate: Euen as y^e grene herbes/ so geue I yow all thynge. Only the flesh with his life which is his bloud/ se that ye eate not.
[Sidenote: * This lawe and soch like to exequute/ were kinges and rulars ordeyned of G.o.d wherfore they ought not to suffre the popes Caimes thus to shede bloud theirs not shed ageyne/ nether yet to sett vpp their abhominable s?tuaryes & necke verses cleane agenste the ordinaunce of G.o.d/ but vnto their dnacyon]
* For verely the bloude of yow wherein youre lyves are wyll I requyre: Eu? of the hande of all beastes wyll I requyre it/ And of the hande of man and of the hand off euery mannes brother/ wyll I requyre the lyfe of man: so y^t he which shedeth mannes bloude/ shall haue hys bloud shed by man agayne: for G.o.d made man after his awne lyckness. See that ye encrease/ and waxe/ and be occupyde vppon the erth/ & multiplye therein.
Farthermore G.o.d spake vnto Noe & to hys sonnes wyth hym saynge: see/ I make my bd wyth you and youre seed after you/ and wyth all lyvynge thinge that is wyth you: both foule and catell/ and all maner beste of the erth that is wyth yow/ of all that commeth out of the arke/ what soeuer beste of the erth it be.
I make my bonde wyth yow/ that hence forth all flesh shall not be destroyed wyth y^e waters of any floud/ d y^t hence forth there shall not be a floud to destroy the erth.
And G.o.d sayd. This is the token of my bde which I make betwene me and yow/ d betwene all lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever: I wyll sette my bowe in the cloudes/ and it shall be a sygne of the appoyntment made betwene me and the erth: So that when I bryng in cloudes vp y^e erth/ the bowe shall appere in y^e cloudes. And than wyll I thynke vppon my testament which I haue made betwene me and yow/ and all that lyveth what soeuer flesh it be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a floud to destroy all flesh.
The bowe shalbe in the cloudes/ and I wyll loke vpon it/ to remembre the euerlastynge testament betwene G.o.d and all the lyveth vppon the erth/ what soeuer flesh it be. And G.o.d sayd vnto Noe: This is the sygne of the testament which I have made betwene me and all flesh y^t is on the erth.
The sonnes of Noe that came out of the arke were: Sem/ Ham and Iapheth. And Ham he is the father of Cana. These are the .iij.
sonnes of Noe/ and of these was all the world overspred.
And Noe beynge an husbd man/ went furth and planted a vyneyarde and drancke of the wyne and was droncke/ and laye vncouered in the myddest of his t?t. And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers prevytees/ & tolde his ij. brethren that were wythout. And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell and put it on both there shulders d went backward/ d covered there fathers secrets/ but there faces were backward So that they sawe not there fathers nakydnes. As soone as Noe was awaked fr his wyne and wyst what his yongest sonne had done vnto hym/ he sayd: cursed be Canaan/ d a seruante of all seruantes be he to his brethren. And he sayd: Blessed be the LORde G.o.d of S?/ and Canaan be his seruante. G.o.d increase Iapheth that he may dwelle in the tentes of Sem. And Canaan be their seruante.
And Noe lyved after the floude .iij. hundred and .l. yere: So that all the dayes of Noe were ix. hundred and .l. yere/ d than he dyed.
The .x. Chapter.
These are the generations of the sonnes of Noe: of Sem/ Ham and Iapheth/ which begat them children after the floude.
The sonnes of Iapheth were: Gomyr/ Magog/ Madai/ Iauan/ Tuball/ Mesech and Thyras. And the sonnes of Gomyr were: Ascenas Riphat and Togarma.
And the sonnes of Iauan were: Elisa/ Tharsis/ Cithim and Dodanim. Of these came the Iles of the gentylls in there contres/ every man in his speach/ kynred and nation.