| And eten it bred, and non bon breken, | [Fol. 61b.] |
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And nogt ðor-of vt huſe wreken,
Oc ſod and girt, ſtondende, and ſtaf on hond, | None of it is to be taken out of the house. |
| Ilc man after his owen fond, | It is to be roasted whole, |
Heued and fet, and in rew mete[n],
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leſen fro ðe bones and eten,
Wið wriðel and vn-lif bread;” | and eaten with bitter herbs, and unleavened bread. |
ðe bi-leuen brennen he bead.
“ðe dure-tren and ðe uuerſlagen,
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wið yſope ðe blod ben dragen;
ðat nigt ſal ben feſt paſche,”
forð-for, on engle tunge, it be. | The remainder is to be burnt, and the blood is to be sprinkled upon the door-posts. |
ON midel ſel, ðat ilc nigt,
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So cam wreche on egipte rigt; | Vengeance came upon the Egyptians. |
Ilc firme bigeten, of erf and man,
was ſtoruen on morwen and dead forðan;
ðo waſ non biging of al egipte
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lich-leſ, ſo manige dead ðor kipte. | The first-born of man and beast were slain. |
ðo wurð phara[o]n nede driuen
And haueð hem ðane leue giuen;
And egipte folc bad hem faren,
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And ſwiðe a-weiward hem garen. | Pharaoh consented to let Israel go. |
Quat-ſo he boden, ſrud or ſat,
Egipte folc hem lenen ðat;
Waſ hem nogt werned ðat he crauen,
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for here ſwinc-hire he nu hauen; | The Egyptians gave the Hebrews whatever they asked. |
| Gold and ſiluer he hauen vt-brogt, | [Fol. 62.] |
ðe tabernacle ðor-wið wurð wrogt;
He woren ſexe hundred ðhuſent men,
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wið-vten childre and wimmen;
Al erf-kin hauen he ut-led,
Egipte folc hem hauen ut-ſped. | The Israelites numbered 600,000 men. |
Almost redi waſ here fare,
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moyſes bi-ðogt him ful gare
Of ðat ðe iſ kin haueð ſworen, | Moses thought of the oath sworn to Joseph. |
| Ioſepes bones ſulen ben boren; | Joseph’s grave could not be found. |
MS. wid.
MS. dat.
caught.
MS. haued.
MS. ſruð.
MS. dor.
MS. wurd.