MS. grunð.
MS. ſwot.
THE SOJOURN AT SHUR, ELIM, AND SIN.
| ðor-of in eſterne be we wunen Seuene ſiðes to funt cumen. Ðor quiles he weren in ðe deſert, 3292 God tagte hem weie, wis and pert; A fair piler ſon hem on o nigt, And a ſkie[[300]] euere on daiges ligt. | In memory of which are we wont to come seven times to the font at Eastertide. |
| Ðe fifte ſuriuren ðat he
deden, 3296 In ðe deſert ſur, on drie ſtede; | The fifth sojourn was in the wilderness of Shur; |
| ðre dages weren he ðider gon, ðat he ne funden water non; | three days the people were without water. |
| A welle he funde at marath,[[301]] 3300 ðe water was biter and al wlath;[[302]] A funden trew ðor-inne dede | At Marah the waters were bitter, but |
| Moyſes, and it wurð ſwet on ðe ſtede. | a tree rendered them sweet. |
| Ðe ſexte ſuriuren
at elim, 3304 xij welle-ſpringes weren on him, An[d] then[[303]] and ſexti palme tren bi ðo welles men migte ſen; He maden ſiðen, fro elim, | [Fol. 64b.] The sixth sojourn was at Elim, |
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Mani ſuriuren in ðe deſert ſin. Bi-twen elim and ſinay, | and from thence to Sin. |
| bred wantede, hem was wo forði; ðat was on ðe ðrittiðe[[304]] dai, 3312 ðat here wei fro egypte lay, ðor he woren hungur for-dred; | Bread fails them. |
| "Ille," he ſeiden, "haue we ſped, Bet uſ were in egipte ben, 3316 Bred and fles ðer[[305]] we muwen ſen." Moyſes wurð war ðe folc was wroð, And here gruching ðo god was loð. "ſtille," quað he, "and on-dreg, 3320 Godeſ fulſum-hed iſ gu ful neg." | They murmur against Moses. |
| At euen cam a fugel-fligt, fro-ward arabie to hem rigt; ðor migte euerilc man fugeles taken, 3324 So fele so he wulden raken; | God sends them a flight of fowls, |
MS. aſkie.
read marach.