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an eminence, and is bright with sweet-smelling flowers and fruit-trees. God 

 is represented as wearing a dalmatica, Adam a red tunic, and Eve a peplum 

 of white silk. It is to be remarked that whenever God quits the stage, he 

 goes back into the church a fact which indicates to us precisely the place 

 where the representation was held. The opening part of the scene is as follows, 

 after the original text in old French : 



" FIGUHA. 



Adam! 



ADAM. 



Sire! 



FIGUIU. 

 Fourme te ai 

 De limo terre. 



ADAM. 

 Ben le sai. 



TIGURA. 



Je t'ai founne a mun semblant, 

 A m' image: ne t'ai fait de terre. 

 Xe m' devez jamais mover guerre 



ADAM. 



Nen ferai-je, mais te crerrai : 

 Mun creatur obeirai. 



FIOURA. 



Je t'ai dune bon coinpainun : 

 Ce est ta femme, Eva a noun ; 

 Ce est ta femme, e tun pareil. 

 Tu H deis estre bieu fiel (fidele). 

 Tu aime lui, e ele aime toi : 

 Si serez ben ambdui (tons deux) de moi. 

 El' seit a tun comandement, 

 E vus ambedeus a mun talent. 

 De ta coste je 1'ai fourmee : 

 N'est pas estrange, de toi est nee. 

 Je la plasmai (creai) de ton cors. 

 De toi eissit, non pas de fors. 

 Tu la gouverne par raison ; 

 N'ait entre vus ja tendon (quenlle) ; 

 Mais grant amor, grand conservage : 

 Tel soit la lei de mariage." 



God, after having thus addressed Adam and Eve, withdraws, leaving them 



