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And ðiſ folc ðor after teg.
ðre dages and nigtes faren it gan | the Israelites departed from Sinai, |
And wið-ſtod in ðe deſerd pharan;
ðiſ folc iſ after ſofte togen, | and came into the wilderness of Paran. |
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And hauen ſwinc in weige drogen;
for ðat ſwinc he grucheden ðor,
ðor-fore hem cam on more ſor. | For their complaining, |
fier iſ on hem bi-ſiden ligt,
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fele it brende and made o-frigt, | the fire of the Lord consumed them, |
Moyſes it bleſſ[ed]e wið his bede,
And brenninge he calde ðat ſtede.
Here hine-folc ðe waſ hem mide,
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And ſumme of hem ðor ille dede, | but is quenched by the prayers of Moses. |
He gerneden after oðer mete[n],
Of manna he ben for-hirked to eten;
He greten up-on moyſen,
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And he to god made his bi-men. | The people lust for flesh and loathe manna. |
“Loruerd!” quad he, “ðiſ folc iſ ðin,
And al ðis ſorge nu iſ min;
But ic haue an oðer read,
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Ðu ſalt me raðe don ðolen dead.” | Moses complains of his charge. |
Quað god, “ches ðe nu her ſeuenti
Wiſe men to ſtonden ðe bi, | God commands him to choose seventy wise men to help him in the government of the people. |
And ic ſal hem geuen witter-hed,
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And he ðe ſulen don helpe at ned;
And ðin folc ſal to-morgen bi-geten
ynog fles(.) into a moneð for to eten.”
Moyſes was bliðe an glad of ðis, | [Fol. 71b.] |
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And ches ðo men [ðe] god made wiſ;
waſ here non of herte dim,
prophetis he weren and holpen him.
Fro lond ortigie cam a wind, | The appointment of seventy elders. |
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And brogte turles michel mind;
It flogen longe, and ðikke, and wel
Abuten ðe folc of yſrael; | Quails are sent in wrath at Kibroth-Hattaavah. |
| Two daiges hem ben fugeles cumen, | For two days the fowls came. |
MS. oder.
MS. ðon.
MS. moned.
MS. glað.