[1] [...] But when they had once forſakẽ the ordinan|ces appointed them by God, and betaken them to new ways inuented of themſelues, ſuch looſeneſſe of lyfe enſued euerywhere, as brought vpon them the great deluge & vniuerſall floud, in the whiche periſhed as well the inhabitants of theſe quarters as the reſidus of the race of mankinde generally diſperſed in euery other part of the whole world, [...]uing only Noe & his familie, who by the pro|uidence and pleaſure of almightie God, was pre|ſerued from the rage of thoſe waters, to reconti|nue and repaire the newe generation of manne vpon the earth.