Moses and Aaron Perform Miracles Before Pharaoh
| God quað, “ic ſal hem leſen fro, And here fon weren wið wo; Abraham, yſac, and hiſe ſunen 2900 Woren to min ðhunerg wunen, ðog ne tagte ic hem nogt for-ði Min mig[t]ful name adonay; | God renews his promise by his name Adonai, |
| Min milche witter name eley 2904 He knewen wel, and ely; ðat ic ðe haue hoten wel, Ic it ſal leſten euerilc del.” | which was unknown to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
| Moyſes told hem ðiſ tidding; 2908 ðog woren he get in ſtrong murni[n]g. Siðen ſpac god to moyſen, and tagte him hu it ſulde ben. | Moses told the Hebrews these tidings, and yet were they in great anguish. |
| fowre ſcore ger he waſ hold, 2912 And aaron ðre more told,266 | Moses was now fourscore years old. |
| Quanne he ðat267 bodewurd ſpoken, And deden ðe firme token. | [Fol. 57.] |
| AAron ðor warp vt of hiſ hond 2916 Moyſeses migtful wond, And it wurð bi-foren pharaon | Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh. |
| An Iglic ſnake ſone on-on; ðe king ſente after wiches kire, | It became an ugly snake. |
| 2920 Wapmen ðe weren in ſowles lire, ðe ferden al bi fendes red, fendeſ hem gouen ſinful ſped; And worpen he ðor wondes dun, | The sorcerers, by the devil’s help, did the like. |
| 2924 fro euerilc ðor crep a dragun; Oc moyſes wirm hem alle ſmot, | Each of their rods became a dragon. |
| And here aldre heuedes he of bot; ðog deden wicheſ ðo men to ſen 2928 On oðere wiſe or ſoðe ben; for ðo fendes or he[m] bi-foren Hadden ðo neddres ðider boren; | Moses’s serpent bit off their heads. |
Notes
266 At the bottom of this page is the catchword—“Quanne he ðat bodewurd.”
267 MS. dat; see the catchword.