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get ne migten he ſiker ben, | |
for magnie of ðo woren ouer-taken,
Abram cude hem to ſorwe maken.
Henden damaſk, til burgt oba,
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Abram hem folwede and wrogte woa; | He pursued them unto Hoba, near Damascus. |
wifes, and childre, and ſrud, and ſat,
He brogte agen and mikel he bat;
And tol, and takel, and orf, he dede
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wenden hom to here ogen ſtede, | Much spoil he took. |
for loteſ luue fel him ðuſ rigt,
Borwen he ben wel of dat figt. | All this he did for love of Lot. |
Sodomes king in kinge dale,
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Mette abram wið feres wale,
In ðe weie ðe ligið to ſalem,
ðe ſiðen iſ cald ieruſalem. | [Fol. 18.]
The king of Sodom went out to meet Abram. |
Melchiſedech, ſalameſ king,
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dede abram ðor mikel wurðing;
He froðer[ed]e him, after iſ ſwinc,
wið bredeſ fode and wines drinc; | Melchizedek brought him bread and wine. |
Habram gaf him ðe tigðe del
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Of alle iſ bigete, and dede ðor wel,
And bliſcede dor godeſ migt,
ðat bargt abram wel of ðat figt; | Abram gave him a tenth of the spoil. |
for he waſ boðen king and preſt,
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of elde moſt, of wit hegest; | Melchizedek was both priest and king. |
wiſte no man of werlðe ðo,
Quat kinde he waſ kumen fro; | None knew from what family he sprung. |
Oc ſumme ſeiden ðat it waſ ſem,
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ðiſ preſt and [oc] king of ſalem,
or or ðe flod waſ long bi-forn
of noe bi-geten, of iſ wif born, | Some said that this king of Salem was Shem, |
And fro ſo longe ðor bi-foren
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Liuede til yſaac waſ boren. | who lived until the birth of Isaac. |
Sodomes king bed dor abram
Al agte and erf, wið-uten man,
Alle heſ hadde wið migte bi-geten, | The king of Sodom offered Abram the goods and cattle taken from the enemy. |
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