Ne was non ſo wis man in al hiſ lond,
ðe kude vn-don ðis dremes bond;
| None were found able to interpret the dreams. |
ðo him bi-ðhogte ðat buteler
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Of ðat him drempte in priſun ðer,
And of ioſeph in ðe priſun,
And he it tolde ðe king pharaun.
| The butler bethought him of Joseph. |
Ioſeph waſ ſone in priſun ðo hogt,
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And ſhauen, & clad, & to him brogt;
| Joseph is taken from prison, |
ðe king him bad ben hardi & bold,
If he can rechen ðis dremeſ wold;
| and brought before Pharaoh, |
He told him quat him drempte o nigt,
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And ioſep rechede his drem wel rigt.
| who related to him his dreams. |
"ðis two dremes boðen ben on,
God wile ðe tawnen, king pharaon;
ðo .vij. ger ben get to cumen,
| "The two dreams," answered Joseph, "are one." |
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In al fulſum-hed ſulen it ben numen,
And .vij. oðere ſulen after ben,
| "Seven years of plenty |
Sori and nedful men ſulen iſ ſen;
Al ðat ðiſe firſt .vii. maken,
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Sulen ðiſ oðere .vii. roſpen & raken;
| shall be followed by seven years of famine. |
Ic rede ðe king, nu her bi-foren,
To maken laðes and gaderen coren,
| I advise thee to make barns and store up corn, that
thy folk perish not." |
ðat ðin folc ne wurð vnder-numen,
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Quan ðo hungri gere ben forð-cumen."
King pharaon liſtnede hiſe red,
ðat wurð him ſiðen ſeli ſped.
| [Fol. 42.] |
He bi-tagte ioſep hiſ ring,
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And his bege of gold for wurðing,
| Pharaoh gave Joseph his ring, |
And bad him al hiſ lond bi-ſen,
And under him hegeſt for to ben,
And bad him welden in hiſ hond
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His folc, and agte, & al his lond;
| and bad him rule the whole land. |
ðo waſ vnder him ðanne putifar,
And hiſ wif ðat hem ſo to-bar.
Ioſep to wiue his dowter nam,
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Oðer is nu quan ear bi-cam;
| Then were Potiphar and his wife under him. |