MS. ðeden.
MOSES DIES IN MOAB.
| God hem andſwerede,
"ioſue Ic wile ben loder-man after ðe; Tac him bi-foren eleazar, 4112 ðat al ðin folc wurð war, And ðine hondes ley him on, Sey him on ðin ſtede to gon." Alſ it is boden, alſo he dede, 4116 Ioſue wurð ſet on hiſe ſtede. | [Fol. 80.] Joshua is appointed to succeed him. |
| Ðo moyſes was on abarim, ðat lond hoten god tawned him. ðor quiles him leſten liue dages, 4120 Hiſ he tagte leue lages, | When Moses was on Abarim, God showed him the promised land. |
| And writen hem, haueð[[391]] iſ hem bitagt, Bute-if he iſ loken hem beð agt,[[392]] Erðe and heuene he wittneſſe tooc, 4124 And wrot an canticle on ðat booc, | Moses' song, setting forth God's vengeance |
| ðat ðreated ðo men bitter-like ðe god ne ſeruen luue-like. ðo .xii. twelue kinderedes, on and on, | upon those who would not serve Him truly. |
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4128
He gaf bliſcing bi-leue gon; At munt nemboc on ðat knol faſga, Wane he was ſtigen ðeðen ðoa, Sag ðe lond of promiſſion, 4132 ðurg god[[393]] him was ſiðen ðat on. | The blessings of the twelve tribes. |
| ðer he ſtarf inne. ðe moab lond, His bodi was biried wið angeles hond, | Moses dies in Moab, and is buried by angels' hands. |
| ðer non man ſiðen it ne fond, 4136 In to lef reſte hiſ ſowle wond. Ebrius ſeigen, ðuſ waſ bi-tid, | [Fol. 80b.] No man ever found his body. |
| ðat moyſes waſ hem ðuſ hid, for, migten he finden ðe ſtede, | It was thus hid, |
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4140
Quor engel-wird hiſ liche dede, fele ſulden him leuen on, And leten god; ðat were miſ-don. | that the people might not afterwards worship it. |
MS. haued.
MS. beð beð agt.
MS. goð.