The first age was from Adam to Noah: the seconde, from Noah to Abraham: the thirde, from Abraham to Dauid: the fourth, from Dauid to the transmigration of Babylon: the fifth from thence to Christ: the sixth, from Christ to the ende of the worlde: the seventh, may be added as of them which be in rest, which may be accompted from Christes passion to the day of iudgement: the eight age, as of them which shall rise againe from the day of iudgement for euer.

And these ages be not so called for the distinct number of certaine thousande yeeres, but for certaine notable actes which were wrought in the beginning of euery one of them. For in the beginning of the first age the worlde was created: In the beginning of the seconde the worlde was purged by the flood: In the beginning of the thirde circumcision was giuen against originall sinne: In the beginning of the fourth was the anoynting of the kings of Israel: In the beginning of the fifth was the transmigration of Gods people into Babylon: In the beginning of the sixth was the incarnation of the sonne of God: In the beginning of the seuenth were the gates of heauen opened, In the beginning of the eight shalbe the resurrection of the bodies, the reward of good and euill. — Austen, Hierom, Orosius.

[ Genealogy line, as diagrammed on the leaf: ] Ham — Iapheth — Cush — Nimrod.

After the flood, sprang vp foure principall Kingdomes: Assyrians of the East, where Belus was the first king. Sycionians of the West, where Egialeus was the first king. Scithians of the North, where Ninus was the first king. Egyptians of the South, where Mineus was the first king.

To this Belus succeeded Semiramis his wife, who did constitute Babylon the chiefe of his kingdome, to whome Ninus succeeded, who was the deuiser of Idoles, making an image to his father Belus after his departure, and caused it to be honoured of all men. Hee obteined all Asia, and called the head citie Niniueh, hee raigned in Thracia, hee was the inuenter of the arte Magicke, and grau'd the seuen liberall Arts in two pillars, one of brasse, and another of bricke, hee destroyed all maner of bookes. After him succeeded Sardanapalus, and after him Arbaces, who translated that kingdome to the Medes, ouer whome raigned Astyages, whose daughter was wife to the Prince of Persia, of whome sprang Cyrus, who conquered Astyages: after his death, Darius Astyages sonne raigned with the said Cyrus his nephewe.

Kain was a husbandeman, and being displeased that his offrings were reproued, and not his brother Abels (although he was rebuked of God for his enuie) slue his brother, and offended seuen folde thereby. After that, hee was made a fugitiue and a vagabonde vpon the earth: for he was accursed of God, and was seuen folde punished vnto the seuenth generation. His time was seuen folde. For first he did not rightly deuide, 2 he enuied his brother, 3 hee dealt subtilly, 4 hee killed him, 5 hee stubbernely denied it, 6 hee dispaired, 7 being condemned, hee repented not. Gen. 4.13. This Kain was the first builder of the earthly Citie, in the which hee bestowed his children for feare, because he vsed violence, rauine, and spoyle. Gen. 4.17.

Cain was a farmer, and being upset that his offering was rejected — while his brother Abel's was not (though Abel had been reproved by God for his own guilt) — Cain killed his brother, and was sevenfold worse off for it. After that, he was made a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth: for he was cursed by God, and was punished sevenfold, down to the seventh generation.

His sin unfolded in seven stages: first, he did not rightly divide [his offering]; second, he envied his brother; third, he dealt deceitfully; fourth, he killed him; fifth, he stubbornly denied it; sixth, he despaired; seventh, being condemned, he did not repent. (Gen. 4:13)

This Cain was the first builder of an earthly city, in which he settled his children out of fear — because he had lived by violence, plunder, and pillage. (Gen. 4:17)

"did not rightly deuide" — refers to the offering itself: the annotation reads Genesis 4 as saying Cain's sacrifice was improperly prepared or apportioned (not the best of his produce), which is why God rejected it. Kept close to literal since "divide" is a specific theological term here, not a vague phrase.

"builder of the earthly Citie... bestowed his children for feare" — Cain built a city and settled his descendants there defensively, out of fear, since he was marked as a fugitive and vulnerable to violence — having himself lived a life of violence and knowing what he'd earned.

The "seven-fold" structure is the annotator's own numbered breakdown of Cain's moral decline — a period commentary technique layered onto the Genesis text, not scripture itself.