Ghe leide ðe child under a tre,
1236
fer ðeðen ghe gede, ſo it gan be,
ðe child ne mai ghe for ſorge ſen;
Bi al-ſo fer ſo a boge mai ten, | Hagar placed her child under a tree, |
| ðor ſat hiſ moder in ſik and ſor, | and sat as far as a bow-shot off. |
1240
wende ghe it coueren neuere mor.
Goddeſ merci dede hire reed, | She thought it could not recover. |
An angel meðede hire ðat ned,
Tagte hire ðor a welle ſpring,
1244
ðat waſ hire ðor ſeli timing; | An angel showed her a well-spring, |
ðor ghe gan fremen yſmael
Wið watreſ drinc and bredeſ mel, | and she gave the lad drink and bread. |
filt hire feteleſ, and nam fro ðan
1248
forð to ðe deſert of pharan; | Forth they went and dwelt in Paran. |
ðor wunede yſmael and agar.
Ghe cheſ him a wif ðe childre bar; | Ishmael married an Egyptian woman. |
.xii. ſuneſ he auede bi hiſ wif,
1252
Of him cam kinde mikil and rif.
Nabachot waſ hiſ firſt ſune, | [Fol. 25.]
Twelve sons he had, of whom sprang great nations. |
In arabie hiſ kinde wune
fro ðe riche flod eufrate,
1256
Wid and fer to ðe rede ſe; | In Arabia they dwelt. |
Of hiſ oðer ſune cedar,
A ku[n]griche hiſ name bar; | Kedar gave name to a kingdom. |
And of duma hiſ ſexte ſune,
1260
A ku[n]gdom dirima ðu mune;
Hiſ.ix. waſ tema for-ðan, | From Dumah came the kingdom of Dirima. |
Iſ ðor a ku[n]glond teman;
And.xii. of ðe cedima,
1264
Het a guglond eſten fro ða.
Flemd waſ agar and yſmael,
and yſaac wex and ðehg wol wel. | Teman gets its name from Tema. |
Abimalech ſag abraham,
1268
Hu welðe him wex and migte cam,
He bad him maken ſiker pligt
Of luue and trewðe, in frendeſ rigt, | Abimelech makes a covenant with Abraham, |