MAY GOD SHIELD US FROM HELL'S NIGHT!

Ydolatrie, ðat waſ hem lef,
4144 ofte vt-wrogte hem ſorges dref.
MOyſes iſ faren, on elde told
fulle ſex ſcore winter old;
Although Moses was 120 years old,
And ðog him leſtede hiſe ſigte brigt,
4148 And euerilc toð bi tale rigt.
.xxx. daiges wep iſrael
for hiſ dead(.) and bi-ment it wel.
yet his eyesight remained bright, and every tooth was "by tale right."
Swilc prophete in folc of iſrael
4152 Roſ non, ne ſpac wið god ſo wel;
Eſdras iſ witneſſe of [hiſ] ſage,
He was wel wiſ of ðe olde lage.
Such a prophet in Israel rose none.
Bi-ſeke we nu godes migt,
4156 ðat he make ure ſowles brigt,
Beseech we now God's might,
And ſhilde us fro elles nigt,
And lede us to bliſſe and in-to ligt;
In ſwilc ðewes lene[[394]] us to cumen,[[395]]
4160 ðurg quat we ben to liue numen,
that he shield us from Hell's night,
And in-to bliſſe wið ſeli men;
Wið muð and herte ſey we, Amen!
EXPLICIT LIBer EXODUS.
 [Fol. 81.]
and bring us all into bliss. Amen!

[394]

? leue.

[395]

MS. cunen.