Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which The Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
But and þe serpent was feller than alle lyuynge beestis of erþe, whiche þe Lord God hadde maad. Which serpent seide to þe womman, Why comaundide God to you, þat ye schulden not ete of ech tre of paradis?