And on [ilc] wond writen ſal ben
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ðe kindes name ðe ðor to tgen;
God ſal to-morgen token don,
Quilc kinde he wile ðiſ meſter on. | [Fol. 74b.] |
ðuſ it was don, and on a wond
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Wið-uten ðo wrot he wið hond
ðe twelfte names of ðat kin; | The rods were written upon, |
ðe tabernacle he dedis in,
And ðor he iſ haued god bi-tagt,
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And let iſ ben ðor al ðat nagt. | and laid before the Lord in the Tabernacle. |
O morgen quan he com a-gen,
Quat was bitid he let hem ſen;
Ilc wond he fond of euerilc kin
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Alſ ſwilc alſ he iſ dede ðor-in; | On the morrow the rods were examined, |
Oc on, ðe was of aaron,
(Writen was name leui ðor-on),
It was grene and leaued bi-cumen,
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And nutes amigdeles ðor-onne numen;
ðo wiſten he ðat aaron | and Aaron’s rod, of the house of Levi, had budded, blossomed, and brought forth almonds, |
Was hem biſſop ðurg god don;
To ſen gode witneſſe ðor-on,
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ðat wond was in ðat arche don.
[I]N ðe deſert he wuneden ðor | so it was seen that God had appointed Aaron as bishop. |
.xxx.vii. winter and mor;
Longe abuten munt ſeyr,
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folgede hem ðat ſkie ſcir, | Thirty-seven years and more the people abode in the desert, |
And often to ðe ſe ðor-bi,
And often to ðe munt ſynay;
Her and gund ðor he biried lin, | [Fol. 75.]
wandering about from place to place, |
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Alle he olde deden ðor fin.
And at ðe laſte ne-ðe-les,
Eft he come ſone to cades, | and all the old ones died. |
ðor was moyſes ſiſter dead;
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ðat folc ðor.xxx. daiges a-bead,
And after wune faire hire bi-stod,
wið teres, rem, and frigti mod; | At Kadesh Miriam died, |
MS. wid-uten.
MS. dat.