On morgen fel hem a dew a-gein.
firſt he wenden it were a rein,
knewen he nogt ðiſ dewes coſt; | and on the morrow a dew, |
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It lai ðor, quit als a rim froſt, | like rime frost; |
He ðe it ſogen, ſeiden, “man hu,”
Manna for-ði men clepeð it nu. | “Man-hu,” said they, wherefore they called it Manna. |
Quad moyſes, “loc! her nu [iſ] bread,
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Ille gruching iſ gu for-bead.”
A met ðor was, it het Gomor, | [Fol. 65.] |
Ilc man iſ he bead, and nunmor,
Him gaderen or ðe ſunne-ſine,
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Elles he ſulden miſſen hine. | Each man gathered an omer of it before the sun shone, |
for it malt at ðe ſunne-ſine,
Oc oðer fir for-hadede hine. | for it melted at the sunshine. |
To duſt he it grunden and maden bread,
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ðat huni and olies ðef he bead;
Quo-ſo nome up forbone mor,
it wirmede, bredde, and rotede ðor. | When ground and made into bread, it tasted like wafers made with honey. |
Moyſen dede ful ðe gomor,
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In a gold pot, for muning ðor.
Held it ſundri in clene ſtede, | Moses filled an omer of the manna, |
And in ðe tabernacle he it dede.
Wið ðiſ mete weren he fed,
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fowerti winter vten leð,
Til he to lond canaan
Comen(.) ðat god hem giuen gan. | and placed it in the tabernacle. |
Forð nam ðiſ folc, ſo god tagte him,
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to ðe deſert of rafadim; | Forth came this folk, and came to Rephidim, |
Tidlike hem waſ ðat water wane,
ðor he grucheden for ðriſt hane; | where they murmured for thirst, and did chide with Moses. |
Harde he bi-haluen ðer moyſes,
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And to god he made is bi-men.
“Louered,” quad he, “quat ſal ic don?
He ſulen me werpen ſtones on.” | [Fol. 65b.] |
Quað god, “go ðu to erebiſ ſton,
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And ſmit wið ðin gerde ðor-on.” | God sent him for water to a rock in Horeb. |
MS. rin.
MS. logen.
? ic.
MS. rafaclim.
MS. haue.