The Israelites Leave Egypt
| Oc ðe ail haueð ſo wide ſpiled, 3184 ðat hiſ graue iſ ðor vnder hiled, | |
| On an gold gad ðe name god Iſ grauen, and leid up-on ðe flod; | A golden rod with the name of God upon it was laid upon the flood. |
| Moyſes it folwede ðider it flet, 3188 And ſtod ðor ðe graue under let; ðor he doluen, and hauen ſogt, And funden, and hauen up-brogt ðe bones ut of ðe erðe wroken, | Moses followed its course, and thus discovered the grave. |
| 3192 Summe hole, & ſumme broken; He dede iſ binden & faire loken Alle ðe bones ðe he ðor token. | Some of the bones were whole and some broken. |
| Quane he geden egipte fro, 3196 It wurð erðe-dine, and fellen ðo | When Israel left Egypt there was an earthquake. |
| fele chirches and ideles mide, Miracle it was ðat god ðor dede. | Many temples fell down. |
| Gon woren.vii. ſcore ger 3200 Siðen ioſep waſ doluen ðer; And.xxiii. ſcore fro ðan ðat god it ſpac wið abrahram. | [Fol. 62b.] Seven score years were gone since Joseph was buried. |
| fro Rameſe to ſokoht ſtede 3204 Non man on hem letting dede, For ſwinc and murning hem was on, fro ðe liches in-to ðe erðe don; And manige of ðo greten forði 3208 ðat he adden ben hard hem bi. | The Israelites journey from Rameses to Succoth. |
| To burg ethan fer fro ſokoth, And ðeðen he ten to pharaoth; ðor he ſtunden for to ſen 3212 quilc pharaon wið hem ſal ben. | From Succoth they go to Etham, and thence to Pihahiroth. |
| Pharaon bannede vt hiſ here, Iſrael he ðhogte to don dere; | Pharaoh called out his army. |
| Sex hundred carte-hird i-wrogt293 3216 vt of egipte he haueð brogt; On horſe fifiti ðhusent men, x ſcore ðhusent of fote ren; | Six hundred chariots he brought out of Egypt, fifty thousand horsemen, and ten score thousand men of foot. |
MS. haued.
MS. Siden.
MS. der.
MS. wid.
MS. pharaofh.
MS. haued.
Notes
293 MS. hirdi wrogt.