And let her hen boden er[f] & ſep,
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ic wile ðor-on nimen kep.”
Quad moyſes, “la! god it wot, | to leave their flocks and herds behind. |
ſal ðe[r]-of bi-leuen non fot,
Al we ſulen iſ wið vs hauen;
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‘Wold,’ quad god, ‘wile ðor-of crauen.’”
Quað pharaon to moyſen, | Moses will not consent to this arrangement. |
“Nu ic rede ðat ge flen;
for ſe ic gu more-ouer nu,
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dead ſal be wreken ouer gu.” | Moses and Aaron are driven out from the presence of Pharaoh. |
MOyſes fleg to lond gerſen,
ðor wuneden hiſ kinnes men. | [Fol. 61.] |
Quað god, “get ic ſal pharaon,
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Or ge gon vt, don an wreche on,
(Nu ſal ic in-to egipte gon,)
Swilc wreche waſ ear neuere non; | God tells Moses of his final vengeance upon the Egyptians. |
Deigen ðor ſal ilc firme bigeten
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Of men and erf, non forgeten;
Oc among gu, dredeð gu nogt,
to gu ne ſal non iuel ben ſogt,
Ne ſal ic gu nog[t] loten
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Of ðat ic haue gu bi-hoten.” | Each first-born shall be destroyed. |
Siðen quað god to moyſen,
“ðiſ ſal gure firmeſt moneð ben,
ðoo gune men ðe mone ſen | The year shall begin, |
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In april Reke-fille ben.”
ðanne he lereden hem newe wunen; | when in April the new moon is seen. |
“Euerilc ger, more to munen,
Euerilc huſ-folc ðe mai it ðauen | The institution of the Passover. |
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On ger ſep oðer on kide hauen;
ðe tende dai it ſulde ben lagt,
And ho[l]den in ðe tende nagt,
And [slagen] on ðe fowrtende dai;
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So mikil hird ſo it noten mai,
Ben at euen folc ſum to ſamen, | A lamb or kid of the first year is to be taken and slain by each household on the fourteenth day of the month, |
| And ilc folc iſ to fode framen, | and to be roasted whole. |
MS. dor-on.
MS. me.
MS. moned.