| Sei him, if min folc ne mote gon, | |
3004
fleges kin ſal hin ouer-gon,
And al hiſ lond to ſorge ten;
Oc lond gerſen ne ſal non ben.” | and was punished by a plague of flies. |
And ðuſ it was, and al ðiſ ſor
3008
Sag pharaun, and dredde him ðor.
He gaf hem leue ðo vt to faren
wið-ðanne-ðat he to londe ef[t] charen;
And moyſes bad meðe here on, | Then gave he them leave to depart, |
3012
And ðiſ fleges fligt vt iſ don;
And pharaon wroð herte on hard,
And vn-dede hem ðat forward.
Moyſes ſpac ſiðen wið gode, | and the flight of flies was removed. |
3016
And he brogte pharaun ðiſ bode; | Message comes to Pharaoh of a great plague. |
“To-morgen, bute he mugen vt-pharen,
Egyptes erf ſal al for-faren.” | [Fol. 59.] |
He wið-held hem and, al-ſo he it b[e]ad,
3020
Al ðe erf of egipt wurð dead;
And get ne migte ðiſ folc vt-gon,
ſwilc har[d]neſſe iſ on pharaon.
After ðiſ time, it ſo bi-cam,
3024
ðat moyſes aſkes up-nam, | The murrain among the cattle. |
And warpes vt til heuene-ward;
ðo wex vn-ſelðe on hem wel hard,
dolc, ſor, and blein on erue and man; | The plague of boils and blains. |
3028
ðe wicches hidden hem for-ðan,
Bi-foren pharaun nolden he ben, | The sorcerers hid themselves, and would not come before Pharaoh, |
So woren he lodelike on to ſen;
At laſt, quan it waſ ouer-gon,
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Hadde moyſes ðo leue non.
Siðen ſente ðe louerd gode, | so loathsome were they to look upon. |
bi moyſes, to ðiſ king bode;
“for-ði lete ic ðe king her ben,
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Men ſal, ðurg ðe, min migte ſen,
And knowen ſal ben, ðe to un-frame,
In euerilc lond min migte name. | God’s message to Pharaoh. |
MS. duſ.
MS. dat.
MS. wid-held.