ðiſ red ðhugte moyſes ful god,
And leuelike it under-ſtod.
Ietro wente in-to his lond a-gen;
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Al[ſ] he redde, al-ſo gan it ben. | [Fol. 67.]
Moses accepts the counsel. |
Ðe ðridde moneð in iſ cumen,
To ſynay ðiſ folc iſ numen;
ðe ſeuene and forwerti dai
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ðat he nomen fro egipte awei, | In the third month of the year Exodus, and in the forty-seventh day after they left Egypt, |
Vnder ðiſ munt he funden ſteden,
And here teldes ðor he deden.
On oðer daiges morgen quile,
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God tauned moyſi quat he wile.
“Sei ðiſ folc ðat nu ðolen, | the people come to the desert of Sinai. |
for iſ here ðhogt nogt me for-holen;
‘If ye liſten lefful to me,
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Ic wile min folc owen be.’”
And moyſes tolde ðiſ iſrael,
And him heten euerilc del,
ðat hem bideð, ſulen he don.
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God dede moyſes ðiſ bodeword on, | God’s message by Moses unto the people out of the mount. |
“Clenſe ðiſ folc wel ðiſ to daiges,
And bidde hem leden clene la[i]ges;
Abute ðiſ munt ðu merke make,
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If erf or man ðor-one take, | The people are to be prepared against the third day. |
It dead ðolen, wið ſtones ſlagen,
Or to dead wið goren dragen; | The mountain must not be touched. |
ðiſ frig[t]ful [folc] ðus a-biden,
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Quiles ðiſ daiges for[ð] ben gliden.” | [Fol. 67b.] |
Ðe ðridde daiges morge quile,
ðunder and leuene made ſpile,
On ðiſ munt ſtod, and ſkies caſt,
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And dinede an migtful hornes blast; | On the third day there were thunders and lightning and a thick cloud upon the mount. |
Smoke up-rekeð and munt quakeð,
Slep ðor non ðe ðane up-wakeð;
Ai was moſes one in ðis dine,
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ðiſ folc wende hauen for-loren hine; | Smoke up reeked and the mount quaked. |
? tauneð.
MS. made.
MS. de.
MS. himine.