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3 And first broke God's commandiments,

in pleasure of thy wife-

When Adam heard her tell this tale,

he ran away for life.

Then down came Jacob at the gate,

and bid her to hell;

Thou knave quoth she,

mayst be there as well,

For thou thy Father dear,

and thine own brother too.

Away slunk Jacob presently,

and made no more ado.

She knocks again with might and main,

and Lot he chides her straight,

How now quoth she, thou drunken ass,

who bade thee here to prate?

With thy two daughters thou didst lye,

on them two bastards got;

And thus most tauntingly she chaft

against poor silly Lot.