KING PHARAOH DREAMS A DREAM,
| Quað ðis bred-wrigte, "liðeð nu
me, me drempte ic bar bread-lepes ðre, And ðor-in bread and oðer meten, 2080 Quilke ben wune ðe kinges to eten; | The "breadwright's" dream. |
| And fugeles hauen ðor-on lagt, ðor-fore ic am in ſorge and hagt, | Fowls seized on the baskets of bread intended for the king, |
| for ic ne migte me nogt weren, | [Fol. 41.] |
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Ne ðat mete fro hem beren." "Me wore leuere," quad Ioſeph, "Of eddi dremes rechen ſwep; | and he could not keep the meat from them. |
| ðu ſalt, after ðe ðridde dei, 2088 ben do on rode, weila-wei! And fugeles ſulen ði fleis to-teren, ðat ſal non agte mugen ðe weren." Soð wurð ſo ioſeph ſeide ðat, | "In three days," said Joseph, "thou shalt be hanged, and fowls shall tear thy flesh in pieces." |
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ðis buteler Ioſeph ſone for-gat. | The butler soon forgat Joseph. |
| Two ger ſiðen was Ioſeph ſperd ðor in priſun wið-uten erd; | After two years, |
| Ðo drempte pharaon king a drem, | Pharaoh dreamt a dream. |
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ðat he ſtod bi ðe flodes ſtrem, And ðeden[[212]] ut-comen .vii. neet, Euerilc wel ſwiðe fet and gret, And .vii. lene after ðo, 2100 ðe deden ðe .vii. fette wo, | He stood by the river, and there came seven "neat" fat and great, and seven lean after, |
| ðe lene hauen ðe fette freten; ðiſ drem ne mai ðe king for-geten. An oðer drem cam him bi-foren, | which ate up the fat ones. |
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.vii. eares wexen fette of coren, On an busk ranc and wel tidi, And .vii. lene rigt ðor-bi, welkede, and ſmale, and drugte numen, 2108 ðe ranc he hauen ðo ouer-cumen, | Seven full ears of corn sprang up "on a rank bush," and then came seven withered ears, |
| To-ſamen it ſmiten and, on a ſtund, ðe fette ðriſt hem to ðo grund. ðe king abraid and woc in ðhogt, 2112 ðeſ dremes ſwep ne wot he nogt, | [Fol. 41b.] which smote the others to the ground. |
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