A Hyve Fvll of Hunnye :: :: University of Virginia Library

The Serpent, VVoman doth beguile,
They both, and Man put in Exile.
The subtile Serpent is accurst,
From Paradice, all three are thrust,
And Christe is promist for to come,
To bee the VVorldes Redemption.

1

But yet the Serpēt fraught with guile,
of subtilty had more,
Then al ye Beastes God made on Earth
to Eue, sayd hee, wherefore

2

Hath God forbidden you to eate,
of euery Tree that growes?
Which in this Garden fayre is set,
whose Fruict so trimmely showes?

3

Not so, sayd shee, wee eate the Fruict
of euery Tree that's here,
Saue that which in the mid'st doth stande,
wee do the same forbeare.

4

For God hath sayd, you shall not touch,
ne taste the same to knowe:

For if you do, then shal you dye,
the Serpent sayd, not so:

5

You shal not dye, but be as Gods,
and know both good and ill:
Your eyes shall open bee to see
and power to what you wyll.

6

And God doth know, what day ye taste
the sweetenesse of the same,
That you shal then bee as himselfe
in euery thing to name.

7

The woman then the tree behelde
that fayre was in her eye,
And heard how eating of the fruicte,
what knowledge grewe thereby:

8

She tooke therof, the same she eate,
to Adam gaue likewise:
So both did eate, and both did know
and opened were their eyes.

9

So that themselues they naked sawe
and were ashamed sore:
They Aprons made of Fyggetree leaues
for Couertures before.

10

Foorthwith they heard the voyce of God
in Garden as hee went,
And from his face they hyd themselues,
For feare of beinge shent.

11

And in the coole tyme of the daye
God called him and sayde:
Adam where art? O Lorde I hearde
thy voyce and was afrayde.

12

And hyd my selfe among the trees
because I naked was:
God sayd agayn, who told thee that?
or how came it to passe?

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13

Hast thou then eaten of the tree
That I by death did threate?
He sayd, the woman thou me gaue,
Deliuered me to eate.

14

God sayd to her, why didst thou so
procure to thee this shame?
The Serpent (Lorde) deceiued mee,
and I did eate the same.

15

Then God vnto the Serpent sayd,
because this comes from thee:
Cursed art thou aboue all beastes,
that on the earth shalbee.

16

Upon thy bellye shalt thou goe,
and creepe vpon the grounde,
And feede vpon the Dust thou shalt,
whyle lyfe in thee is founde.

17

I wyll (sayd God) twyxt thee and her,
and twyxt your seedes also
Set Enmitie, and that her seede
thy head shall tread downe loe.
And thou shalt tread it on the heele,
thy mallice great to showe.

18

And God vnto the woman sayd,
Thy sorowes shall increase
And oft with chylde I wyll thee make,
thy payne shall neuer cease,

19

Untyl such tyme thou hast brought foorth
the fruict thou goest withall,
And vnderneath thy husbands power,
shalt subiect bee and thrall.

20

And vnto man, because sayd he
thy wyfe thou hast obeyed:
And tane and eaten of the fruict,
which I to thee denyed:

21

The Earth in trauayle of thy hande
shall alwaye cursed bee:
In sorow shalt thou eate thereof
and Thystles yelde to thee.

22

And in the sweat, euen of thy face
thy bread shalt feede vppon
Tyl thou retourne vnto the Earth,
that thou once camest from.

23

For of the Earth, and from the Earth,
thou Earth doest Earth remayne:
And vnto Earth, thou Earth shalt passe,
and Earth so bee agayne.

24

And Adam then vnto his wyfe
by name of EVE did call,
Because that shee, the mother was,
of lyuing creatures all.

25

And God of Skynnes did Garments make
and clad them both therein,
And tauntinglye of Man thus spake,
reprouing him of synne:

26

Behold, sayd God, now Adam is,
as one of vs become,
In knowledge both of good and ill,
and all thats to be done.

27

Yet least he should eate of the Tree
of Lyfe, and lyue for aye:
God cast Man out of Paradice,
the Earth to tyll alwaye.

28

And at the entraunce of the same
God placed Cherubin,
Wyth fierye Sworde the waye to keepe,
that none might enter in.