ðor-of in eſterne be we wunen
Seuene ſiðes to funt cumen.
Ðor quiles he weren in ðe deſert,
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God tagte hem weie, wis and pert;
A fair piler ſon hem on o nigt,
And a ſkie euere on daiges ligt. | In memory of which are we wont to come seven times to the font at Eastertide. |
Ðe fifte ſuriuren ðat he deden,
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In ðe deſert ſur, on drie ſtede; | The fifth sojourn was in the wilderness of Shur; |
ðre dages weren he ðider gon,
ðat he ne funden water non; | three days the people were without water. |
A welle he funde at marath,
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ðe water was biter and al wlath;
A funden trew ðor-inne dede | At Marah the waters were bitter, but |
| Moyſes, and it wurð ſwet on ðe ſtede. | a tree rendered them sweet. |
Ðe ſexte ſuriuren at elim,
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xij welle-ſpringes weren on him,
An[d] then and ſexti palme tren
bi ðo welles men migte ſen;
He maden ſiðen, fro elim, | [Fol. 64b.]
The sixth sojourn was at Elim, |
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Mani ſuriuren in ðe deſert ſin.
Bi-twen elim and ſinay, | and from thence to Sin. |
bred wantede, hem was wo forði;
ðat was on ðe ðrittiðe dai,
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ðat here wei fro egypte lay,
ðor he woren hungur for-dred; | Bread fails them. |
“Ille,” he ſeiden, “haue we ſped,
Bet uſ were in egipte ben,
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Bred and fles ðer we muwen ſen.”
Moyſes wurð war ðe folc was wroð,
And here gruching ðo god was loð.
“ſtille,” quað he, “and on-dreg,
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Godeſ fulſum-hed iſ gu ful neg.” | They murmur against Moses. |
At euen cam a fugel-fligt,
fro-ward arabie to hem rigt;
ðor migte euerilc man fugeles taken,
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So fele so he wulden raken; | God sends them a flight of fowls, |
MS. aſkie.
MS. ðrittide.
MS. der.