And brogte hem bi-for ioſep
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Wid reweli lote, and ſorwe, and wep.
ðo quat ioſep, “ne wiſte ge nogt | and brought before Joseph, |
ðat ic am o wol witter ðogt?
Mai nogt longe me ben for-holen
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Quat-ſo-euere on londe wurð ſtolen.” | who reproaches them for their crime. |
“Louerd!” quad Iudas, “do wið me
Quat-ſo ði wille on werlde be,
Wið-ðan-ðat ðu friðe beniamin;
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ic ledde [him] ut on trewthe min,
ðat he ſulde ef cumen a-gen
to hiſe fader, and wið him ben.” | Judah tells Joseph of his promise to his father. |
ðo cam ioſep ſwilc rewðe up-on,
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he dede halle ut ðe toðere gon,
And ſpac un-eðes, ſo e gret,
ðat alle hiſe wlite wurð tereſ wet. | Joseph commands all, except his brethren, to leave him, and makes himself known to them. |
“Ic am ioſep, dredeð gu nogt,
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for gure helðe or hider brogt;
Two ger ben nu ðat derke iſ cumen,
Get ſulen.v. fulle ben numen,
ðat men ne ſulen ſowen ne ſheren,
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So ſal drugte ðe feldes deren. | [Fol. 46.] |
Rapeð gu to min fader a-gen,
And ſeið him quilke min bliſſes ben,
And doð him to me cumen hider, | Tells them to hasten to his father, |
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And ge and gure orf al to-gider;
Of lewſe god in lond gerſen
ſulen ge ſundri riche ben.”
Euerilc he kiſte, on ilc he gret,
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Ilc here was of iſ teres wet. | and return with their cattle to Egypt. |
Sone it was king pharaon kid
Hu ðis newe tiding wurð bi-tid;
And he was bliðe, in herte fagen,
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ðat Ioſep wulde him ðider dragen,
for luue of Ioſep migte he timen. | Soon did Pharaoh learn the new tidings. |
| He bad cartes and waines nimen, | He bad them take carts and |