THE DEATH OF AARON AT HOR.

Hire lich iſ biried in munt ſin,
3860 Hire ſowle iſ reſted ſtede wið-in.
It bi-tidde after hire dead
and her body was buried in Mount Zin.
ðat ðis folc ſorge in ðriſte abead.
And ðer roſ wreððe and ſtrif a-non
3864 Agen moyſen and aaron;
The people murmur for water.
God [bad] ſemelen folc and gon,
And foren hem ſmiten on ðe ſton
And ſeide, ut of ðe ſmiten ſton
3868 Ynog hem ſulde water gon;
He and hiſ folc comen ðer-to,
Ic wene frigtlike ðat he do;
Ones he ſmot ðor on ðe ſton,
Moses is commanded to gather the people before the rock at Meribah.
3872 And miſte, and ſag ðe water gon;
An oðer ſiðe he went iſ ðogt
Betre and ſoftere, and ne miſte nogt,
Moses smote the rock twice, and the water flowed forth,
ðo flew ðor[[365]] water michil and ſtrong,
3876 Al folc and erue a-nog a-mong.
 [Fol. 75b.]
and the folk and cattle had enough.
Ðvrg lond edom ne migten he faren,
ðor-fore he ſulen a-buten charen
Bi ðe deſert of arabie lond;
3880 Long weige and coſtful he ðor fond,
forð bi archim ðat meiſter burg;
ðe deſert aren he walkeden ðurg,
The people are denied a passage through Edom.
Til ðat[[366]] he comen to munt hor;
3884 Aaron ðo wente of liwe ðor,
They come to Mount Hor,
Eleazar, iſ ſune, him neſt
Was mad biſſop and meiſter preſt.
where Aaron dies.
xxx. daiges ðat folc in wep
3888 Wið bedes, and gret, and teres wep;
Get iſt ſene, on ðe munt on ðat ſtede,
Quor men aaron in birieles dede;
Thirty days the folk mourned for him.
vii. ſcore ger and .iii. told,
3892 ðor he lið doluen on ðat wold.
Forð ðeðen he comen to ſalmona,
The age of Aaron.
for-weried grucheden he ðoa,
The people murmur,

[365]

MS. dor.

[366]

MS. dat.