| God haued ſwilc fair-hed him geuen, | |
| ðat ſelf ðe fon it leten liuen. | but let it live for its beauty. |
Egipte wimmen comen ner,
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And boden ðe childe letten ðer,
Oc he wente it awei wið rem,
Of here bode nam he no gem. | Egyptians wanted her to destroy the child. |
ÐO quad maria to teremuth,
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“wilt ðu, leuedi, ic go fear out,
And take ſum wimman of ðat kin
ðor he waſ bi-gote & foſtred in?” | Miriam, at Teremuth’s bidding, |
Teremuth ſo bad, & ſche forð-ran,
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And brogt hire a foſtre wimman,
On waſ tette he ſone aueð lagt, | fetches a “foster woman” for the child. |
And teremuth haueð hire him bi-tagt.
Iakabeð wente bliðe agen,
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ðat ghe ðe gildesſ foſtre muſte ben;
Ghe kepte it wel in foſtre wune,
Ghe knew it for hire owen ſune; | Teremuth consigned Moses to Jochabed, who returned home blithely. |
And quane it ſulde ſundred ben,
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Ghe bar it teremuth for to ſen;
Teremuth toc it on ſunes ſtede,
And fedde it wel and cloðen dede;
And ghe it clepit moyſen,
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Ghe wiſte of water it boren ben. | [Fol. 51b.]
When old enough, the child was adopted by Teremuth, who called it Moses. |
An time after ðat ðiſ was don,
Ghe brogte him bi-foren pharaon,
And ðiſ king wurð him in herte mild,
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So ſwide faiger was ðiſ child;
And he toc him on ſunes ſtede,
And hiſ corune on his heued he dede,
And let it ſtonden ayne ſtund; | She brought him before Pharaoh, who placed the royal crown on his head. |
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ðe child it warp dun to de grund. | The child soon threw it to the ground. |
Hamonel likeneſ was ðor-on;
ðis crune is broken, ðiſ iſ miſdon. | Hamon’s likeness was thereon. |
Biſſop Eliopoleos
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ſag ðiſ timing, & up he roſ; | The Bishop of Heliopolis saw this, and said, |