"Now the Serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made." Genesis, Chapter 3rd, verse 1. TO SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART., THIS MYSTERY OF CAIN IS INSCRIBED, BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE. MEN. Adam. Cain. Abel. SPIRITS. Angel of the Lord. Lucifer. WOMEN.
Eve. Adah. Zillah.
ACT I. Scene I. The Land without Paradise.Time, Sunrise. Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Adah, Zillah, offering a Sacrifice. Adam. God, the Eternal! Infinite! All−wise!