“Louerd, ſent him ðat iſ to cumen,
Vgging and dred me haueð numen.” | |
“Aaron ðin broðer can wel ſpeken,
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ðu ſalt him meten and vnſteken
Him bodeword min, and ic ſal red
Gunc boðen bringen read and ſped.” | “Aaron, thy brother can speak well, thou shalt meet him, and make known to him my words.” |
Moyſes, frigti, ðo funden gan
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to ſpeken wið ietro ðat riche man,
And aſkede him leue to faren and ſen,
If hiſe breðere of liues ben; | Moses asks leave of Jethro to visit his brethren. |
ðog drechede he til god ef[t] bad,
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And brogte him bode ðe made him glad,
ðat pharaun, ðe wulde him ſ[l]en,
Waſ dead and hadde iſ werkes len. | [Fol. 55b.]
Moses delayed until God’s message again came to him. |
MOyſes and hiſe wif ſephoram,
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And hiſe childre wið him nam;
And ðat on waſ vncircumciſ. | Then he departed with his wife and children. |
He nam ſo forð, ſoð it is;
An angel, wið an dragen ſwerd,
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In ðe weie made him offerd,
for ðat he ledden feren ſwike,
ðe ſulden him deren witterlike; | One child was uncircumcised, and the angel in the way sought to slay him. |
Sephora toc ðiſ gunge knaue,
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And dede circumciſe haue,
And gret, and wente frigti a-gen, | Zipporah circumcised her son. |
And let moyſes forð one ten.
He bar hiſe gerde forð in iſ hond,
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And nam a weie bi deſerd lond; | Moses pursued his way alone. |
To mount ſynai forð he nam,
Aaron hiſe broðer a-gen him cam;
Eyðer [h]ere was of oðer fagen;
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Moyſes him haueð iſ herte vt-dragen, | At Mount Sinai he meets with Aaron. |
And he ben in-to egypte numen,
And a-mong folc ebriſſe ben cumen;
Moyſes tolde hem ðat bliðe bode, | They come into Egypt. |
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And let hem ſen tockenes fro gode; | The people believe them. |
MS. haued.
MS. aweie.
MS. herðe.