[Fol. 24.]
ðe egtende dai ðat he waſ boren,
He was circumcised
on the
eighth day,
Circu_m_ciſed he waſ, a-buten ſchoren; 1200
ðor-of holden ðe ieuwes lay,
Circu_m_ciſed on ðe egtende day.
Arabit folc of yſmael,
which custom the
Jews follow.
After him don he it al ſwilk ſel, 1204
Q_u_ane he .xiii. ger ben old;
Of yſmael here time iſ told.
When Isaac was
three years old
Abraham made a
great feast.
Ðre ger woren yſaac on,
Q_u_ane he waſ fro teding don; 1208
Michel geſtni_n_ge made abraham
Q_u_ane he ðat ſune to borde nam.
Wintres forð-wexen on yſaac,
Ishmael often
mocked Isaac,
And yſmael waſ him vn-ſwac; 1212
Of-ten it gan yſaac un-framen,
And yſmael pleide hard gamen;
which caused
Sarah to be very
wroth.
Sarra waſ ðor-fore often wroð,
Hir waſ yſmaeles anger loð; 1216
She complains to
Abraham.
Ghe bi-mente hire to abraham,
And ſumdel ligtlike he it nam
Til god him bad iſ wiues tale
Liſten, and don a-wei ðat dwale. 1220
Abraham rapede hi_m_ ſone i_n_ ſped
for to fulfillen godeſ reed;
Abraham banishes
Hagar and
her son.
He flemede agar and yſmael
In ſumertid, In egeſt ſel; 1224
[Fol. 24b.]
Bred, and a fetles wið water fild,
Bar agar wið hire and wið ðe child;
By the desert
they took their
way.
Bi ðe deſert a-wei che nam,
In ard weie and hete gram; 1228
Wið ſwinc and hete hem wexon ðriſt,
They became
very thirsty.
ðe water ſleckede ðe childeſ liſt;
Tid-like hem gan ðat wat_er_ laken,
The water in the
bottle became
spent.
ðo gan agareſ ſorwe waken; 1232
Wantede ðit child faierneſſe and migt,
Hiſ moder wurð neg dead for frigt.