Moyſes made ðor alter on,
“Min bliſ” iſ name ðor-one don. | Moses raises an altar. |
ÐO cam ietro to moysen,
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To ſpeken him and ðo kinnes-men, | Jethro visits Moses, |
And ſephora, moyſes wif,
And hire two ſunes of faiger lif;
Ietro liſtnede moyſes tale, | bringing with him Zipporah and her two sons. |
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Of him and pharaon ðe dwale,
And ðhankede it almigten wel,
ðat waſ bi-tid for iſrael; | Moses relates to him the destruction of Pharaoh. |
| And at wið moyſen feſtelike, | [Fol. 66b.] |
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And tagte him ſiðen witterlike
Vnder him helpes oðere don,
ðat folc ſtering to ſtreng[t]hen on. | Jethro counsels Moses to appoint rulers of the people, |
Al bi ðhuſenz ðiſ folc was told,
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Ilc ðhuſent adde a meiſter wold;
And vnder ðiſ tgen ſteres ben, | rulers of thousands, |
Ilc here on hundred to bi-ſen;
Vnder ðis ilc two ſteres wunen, | rulers of hundreds, |
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And vnder hem fif oðere numen; | rulers of fifties, |
Ilc of ðe.v. ſteres-men
Vnder hem welden in ſtere tgen. | and rulers of tens. |
If ymong.x. wurð ogt miſ-don,
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Here ſtere rigten [ſulde] ðor-on,
And if he ne mai it rigten wel, | An appeal to be made from the ruler of ten, |
Taunet iſ meiſter euerilc del;
And if he rigten it ne can, | to the ruler of hundreds, |
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He taune it al hiſ ouer-man,
Ai ſo forð fro man to man,
Til he it here, ðe rigten can; | and thence to the superior ruler. |
If it ne mai or rigted ben,
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ſo ſal it cumen to moysen. | The final appeal to be made to Moses. |
He bad him cheſen ſtereſ-men
Migti, ðe gode-frigti ben,
ðe ſoð-faſtneſſe lef ben,
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And ðe niðing [and] giſcing flen. | These rulers were to be able men, god-fearing, lovers of truth, and haters of covetousness. |
MS. ðahankede.