m 1 (1a)

[Section 1: begins at the top of the page]

Consideryng the lenght and the hardnesse of
holy scripture and nameli of the grund of the
lettir historial the negligence also of sum[m]e
that myght laboure and wilnat. su[m]me for
lak of bokes. sekyng to gete solace to har
sympelnesse. willyng as in a litel boke myn
dely to holde that thei se in the stori. I haue
put the names and the werkes of the holy
old faderis by order and by rewe. the kynrades bothe of preestis
and of kynges and har werkes. of whom crist came after
the flesthe. to bryng it in to thys litel werk. to take away lenght
fro ham that ben wery and of litel wille. comforte and
solace in fourme and figure to the bodely eye: greet
profet and comforte to the saules of ham that ben
wele willed and liste by studye to laboure: as com
pendiously under sewe wordis as god wil send
me grace I shal sette to my laboure. no thyng
puttyng owt. nor cuttyng away thyng to
suche werke acordyng. beginnyng at Adam
and descendying by patriarkes. Iuges. kynges.
p[ro]phetes. and preestis. and of su[m]me oder in har
tyme un to crist the ende of al lawe and pro
phetes and by his grace to be endid. ¶ forther
more I beholde how many men desire greetly to
haue knowlege of cronycles of kyngis that afore
tyme regnyd in this lond. therfore I haue put the
names of ham to the seid werke. fro
Iaphet the son of Noe lineally
decendyng to Brute the first
kyng in the seid lond. and fro
hym to Edwarde the fourthe
kyng of that name after the
conquest of Englond.
Cayin was an erthe
tilier. and abel ashep
herd. In aday of sacrifice cayin
sawe his brodir giftes recey
ued and not his. slue his bro
der abel. and receued for his
mede the curse of god. and
atokyn ther with to be a wan
derer and amycher at his
life after.
Iabel the first son of
lameth by his witte
brought furthe first tentys
and tabernacles for shep
herdes. and disposed
flockes and drones
of beestis. and after
har age and kynde
departed ham.
Gubal the
secunde son
of lameth was
fadir of al muns
tresie in harp
and orgone: the fynder of
musike. he herd of adam the
world shuld be drowned with water and brent at last with
fire. he wrote hys cumyng in two pilers: oon of brend
tile. ageyn fire that is to come. and that odir of marbel.
ageyn the greet flode that was in Noe is dayes.
Tubalcayin was fynder of smythcraft amaker of
wepenys: agrauer in metalles. of whos hamer
strokes tubal his broder delityng: gadred of musik the
p[ro]porcions.
Here at Noe endeth the first age. hauyng after the
ebreis athousand yere. sexe hundred fifti and
sexe. After the seuenti interpretoures two thousand
two hundred and fourti and foure yere.
Of these thre sones of Noe came kynrades seuenti and
two. that is threstore and twelue. Of Iaphet:
fiftene. Of Cham: thretti. Of sem: twenti and seuen.
¶ Sem had the lond of asie. Cham had affrik. Iaphet had
europe. but we will laboure to write of Sem. for of the
oder two came ????????

[Section 2: begins below a circle with a paint of Adam and Eve and inbetween a family tree connected to the circle named before as a root]
Calmana was
suster and
wife to cayin.
Delbora was
suster and
wife to seth.
Lameth had
two wiues
at o tyme. and
brough first byga
mie. He slue Cayin.
trowyng hym selfe
that he had slayn
abeest. for this la
meth was
blynde.
therfore
he slue
the yunge
man that
lad hym.
The na
mes of
his two
wyues wer Ada and Sella.
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