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DEUS Adam and Eve, this is the place
That I have graunte you of my grace
To have your wonnyng in.
Erbes, spyce, frute on tree,
Beastes, fewles, all that ye see
Shall bowe to you, more and myn.
This place hight paradyce;
Here shall your joys begynne,
And yf that ye be wyse
Frome thys tharr ye never twyn.
All your wyll here shall ye have,
Lykyng for to eate or sayff
Fyshe, fewle, or fee,
And for to take at your owen wyll
All other creatours also theretyll.
Your suggettes shall they bee.
Adam, of more and lesse
Lordeship in erthe here graunte I thee;
Thys place that worthy is,
Kepe it in honestye.
Looke that ye yem ytt wetterly,
All other creatours shall multeply,
Ylke one in tender hower.
Looke that ye bothe save and sett
Erbes and treys, for nothyng lett,
So that ye may endower
To susteyn beast and man
And fewll of ylke stature.
Dwell here yf that ye cann:
This shall be your endowre.
ADAM O Lord, lovyd be thy name,
For nowe is this a joyfull hame
That thowe hais brought us to:
Full of myrthe and solys faughe,
Erbes and trees, frute on haugh
Wyth spysys many one hoo.
Loo, Eve, nowe ar we brought
Bothe unto rest and rowe,
We neyd to tayke no thought,
But loke ay well to doo.
EVE Lovyng be ay to suche a Lord
To us hais geven so great reward
To governe bothe great and small,
And mayd us after his owen read
. . .
Emonges these myrthes all.
Here is a joyfull sight
Where that wee wonn in shall.
We love thee, mooste of myght,
Great God, that we on call.
DEUS Love my name with good entent
And harken to my comaundement,
And do my byddyng buxomly.
Of all the frute in parradyce
Tayke ye therof of your best wyse
And mayke you right merry.
The tree of good and yll,
What tyme you eates of thys
Thowe speydes thyself to spyll
And be brought owte of blysse.
All thynges is mayd, man, for thy prowe;
All creatours shall to thee bowe
That here is mayd erthly.
In erthe I mayke thee lord of all,
And beast unto thee shall be thrall.
Thy kynd shall multeply;
Therefore this tree alone,
Adam, this owte take I,
The frute of it negh none,
For an ye do, then shall ye dye.
ADAM Alas, Lorde, that we shuld do so yll,
Thy blyssed byddyng we shall fulfyll
Bothe in thought and deyd.
We shall no negh thys tre nor the bugh
Nor yit the fruyte that thereon groweth,
Therewith oure fleshe to feyd.
EVE We shall do thy byddyng.
We have none other neyd;
Thys frute full styll shall hyng,
Lorde, that thowe hays forbyd.
DEUS Looke that ye doe as ye have sayd.
Of all that there is hold you apayd,
For here is welthe at wyll.
Thys tre that beres the fruyte of lyfe,
Luke nother thowe nor Eve thy wyf
Lay ye no handes theretyll.
Forwhy it is knowen
Bothe of good and yll,
This frute but ye lett hyng
Ye speyd yourself to spyll.
Forthy this tree that I owt tayke,
Nowe kepe it grathly for my sayke
That nothyng negh it neyre.
All other at your wyll shall be;
I owte take nothyng but this tree
To feyd you with in feare.
Here shall ye leyd your lyffe
With dayntys that is deare.
Adam and Eve thy wyfe,
My blyssyng have ye here.
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(t-note)
dwelling
Herbs
fowls
less
is called
need you never separate [yourself]
save (maintain)
fowl; livestock
subjects
attend to; entirely
Each; hour
endeavor
fowls
living
praised; (see note)
home
happy solace
on hill; (t-note)
spices; on hill
peace
(t-note)
Praise
created; own plan
[line missing, see textual note]
live in
Praise (Worship)
obediently
hastens; destroy
good
take out (except)
approach not; (see note)
if
ill (wrong)
deed
not approach; bough
feed
needs
hang
have
contented
See to it that neither
Since; (t-note)
hang
hasten; destroy
disallow
truly; sake
come near it
altogether
dainties (lovely things)
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