The Creation of the World and the Fall of Adam and Eve

Sunne, and mone, and sterrys also10
þe forthe day I make in-same.
þe vte day werm and fysch þat swymme and go,
Byrdys and bestys, bothe wylde and tame.
The sexte day my werk I do
And make þe, man, Adam be name.
In erthelech paradys withowtyn wo16
I graunt þe bydyng, lasse þu do blame.

Flesch of þi flesch and bon of þi bon,18
Adam, here is þi wyf and make.
Bothe fysche and foulys þat swymmyn and gon,
To everych of hem a name þu take;
Bothe tre, and frute, and bestys echon,
Red and qwyte, bothe blew and blake,
þu 3eve hem name be þiself alon,24
Erbys and gresse, both beetys and brake;
þi wyff þu 3eve name also.
Loke þat 3e not ses
3owre frute to encres,
þat þer may be pres,
Me worchipe for to do.30

Now come forth, Adam, to paradys;31
Ther xalt þu haue all maner thynge:
Bothe flesch, and fysch, and frute of prys,
All xal be buxum at þi byddyng.
Here is pepyr, pyan, and swete lycorys;
Take hem all at þi lykyng,
Bothe appel, and pere, and gentyl rys —37
But towche nowth þis tre þat is of cunnyng.
Allthynge saff þis for þe is wrought.
Here is allþinge þat þe xulde plese
All redy made onto þin ese.
Ete not þis frute ne me dysplese,
For than þu deyst, þu skapyst nowth!43

Now haue I made all thynge of nowth,44
Hevyn and erth, foull and best.
To allthynge þat myn hand hath wrowth
I graunt myn blyssyng þat evyr xal lest.
My wey to hefne is redy sowth,
Of werkyng I wole be vijte day rest.
And all my creaturys þat be abowth,50
My blyssyng 3e haue both est and west.
Of werkyng þe vijte day 3e sees.
And all þo þat sees of laboryng here
þe vijte day, withowtyn dwere,
And wurchyp me in good manere,
þei xal in hefne haue endles pes.56

Adam, go forth and be prynce in place,57
For to hefne I sped my way.
þi wyttys wel loke þu chase,
And gostly gouerne þe as I say.

Hic Eua reueniet Ade viro suo a dicet ei:

My semely spowse and good husbond,126
Lystenyth to me, sere, I 3ow pray:
Take þis fayr appyl all in 3oure hond,
þerof a mursel byte and asay.
To ete þis appyl loke þat 3e fonde,
Goddys felaw to be alway,
All his wysdam to vndyrstonde,132
And Goddys pere to be for ay,
Allthyng for to make:
Both fysch and foule, se and sond,
Byrd and best, watyr and lond.
þis appyl þu take out of myn bond;
A bete þerof þu take.138

Adam dicit sic:

Alas, alas for þis fals dede!165
My flesly frend my fo I fynde.
Schameful synne doth us vnhede:
I se vs nakyd before and behynde.
Oure Lordys wurd wold we not drede,
þerfore we be now caytyvys vnkynde.
Oure pore pryuytés for to hede171
Summe fygge levys fayn wolde I fynde,
For to hyde oure schame.
Womman, ley þis leff on þi pryvyté,
And with þis leff I xal hyde me.
Gret schame it is vs nakyd to se,
Oure Lord God þus to grame.177

Womman, þu sowtyst þis synnyng251
And bad hym breke myn byddyng.
þerfore þu xalt ben vndyrlyng;
To mannys byddyng bend.
What he byddyth þe, do þu þat thynge,
And bere þi chyldere with gret gronynge,
In daungere and in deth-dredynge257
Into þi lyvys ende.

Thou wyckyd worm, ful of pryde,259
Fowle envye syt be þi syde!
Vpon þi gutt þu xalt glyde,
As werm wyckyd in kende,
Tyl a maydon in medyl-erth be born.
þu fende, I warn þe beforn,
Thorwe here þi bed xal be to-torn.265
On wombe awey þu wende.

Hic recedit Deus, a angelus seraphicus cum gladio flamme[o] verberat Adam et Euam extra paradisum

But lete vs walke forth into þe londe,322
With ryth gret labour oure fode to fynde,
With delvyng and dyggyng with myn hond,
Oure blysse to bale and care to-pynde.
And, wyff, to spynne now must þu fonde,
Oure nakyd bodyes in cloth to wynde
Tyll sum comforth of Godys sonde328
With grace releve oure careful mynde.
Now come, go we hens, wyff.