Quað moyſes, "but alle wapmen,
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wið erf, and childre, and wimmen."
| |
"Hu! haue ge wrong," quad pharaon,
"Gu wapmen giue Ic leue to gon;
Of erf and wimmen leue ic nogt,
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Ear one of wapmen waſ bi-ſogt."
Ef[t] ðiſ andſwere, ben vt-gon
moyſes forð and aaron;
| but would only grant permission to the men. |
MOyſes held up hiſ
hond,
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A ſuðen wind iſ flig[t] up-wond,
And blew ðat day and al ðat nigt
And brogte egipte an newe figt;
| Moses held up his hand, and a southern wind
uprose, |
ðiſ wind hem brogte ðe ſkipperes,
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He deden on greſ and coren deres.
| which brought the locusts. |
ðat lond was ful, and ðiſ king wo,
He ſente after ðe breðere ðo.
Quad pharaon, "ic haue miſ-numen,
| Then was the king full of woe, |
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Wreche iſ on vs wið rigte cumen;
Bi-ſek get god, ðis one ſiðe,
ðat he vs of ðiſ pine friðe."
| and besought Moses to turn from them the evil. |
And ſo [he] dede, and on wind cam
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fro weſten, and ðo opperes nam,
And warpes ouer in-to ðe ſe;
ðo pharaun ſag iſ lond al fre,
| [Fol. 60b.]
A western wind took away the locusts. |
Hiſ herte ðo wurð ðwert and hard,
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And al he brac hem [ðat] forward.
MOyſes ſiðen held up iſ hond,
| Pharaoh broke his covenant. |
And ðhikke ðherkneſſe cam on ðat lond,
ðat migte non egipcien
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Abuten him for mirkneſſe ſen;
Manige ðor ſorge on liue bead,
| The plague of thick darkness. |
And manige weren rewlike dead;
Quor-ſo ðe folc waſ of yſrael,
| Many died from fear. |
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He adden ligt and ſowen wel.
ðo quad pharaon to moyſen,
| The Israelites had light. |
"Led vt al ðat iſ boren of man,
| The king tells them to go, and |