Hagar placed her
child under a
tree,
Ghe leide ðe child under a tre,
fer ðeðen ghe gede, ſo it gan be, 1236
ðe child ne mai ghe for ſorge ſen;
Bi al-ſo fer ſo a boge mai ten,
and sat as far as
a bow-shot off.
ðor ſat hiſ moder in ſik and ſor,
She thought it
could not recover.
wende ghe it cou_er_en neu_er_e mor. 1240
Goddeſ merci dede hire reed,
An angel showed
her a well-spring,
An angel meðede hire ðat ned,
Tagte hire ðor a welle ſpring,
ðat waſ hire ðor ſeli timing; 1244
and she gave the
lad drink and
bread.
ðor ghe gan fremen yſmael
Wið watreſ drinc and bredeſ mel,
Forth they went
and dwelt in
Paran.
filt hire feteleſ, and na_m_ fro ðan
forð to ðe deſert of [150]pharan; 1248
Ishmael married
an Egyptian
woman.
ðor wunede yſmael and agar.
Ghe cheſ him a wif ðe childre bar;
[Fol. 25.]
Twelve sons he
had, of whom
sprang great nations.
.xii. ſuneſ he auede bi hiſ wif,
Of him cam kinde mikil and rif. 1252
Nabachot waſ hiſ firſt ſune,
In Arabia they
dwelt.
In arabie hiſ kinde wune
fro ðe riche flod eufrate,
Wid and fer to ðe rede ſe; 1256
Kedar gave name
to a kingdom.
Of hiſ oðer ſune cedar,
A ku[n]griche hiſ name bar;
From Dumah
came the kingdom
of Dirima.
And of duma hiſ ſexte ſune,
A ku[n]gdom dirima ðu mune; 1260
Hiſ .ix. waſ tema for-ðan,
Teman gets its
name from Tema.
Iſ ðor a ku[n]glond teman;
And .xii. of ðe cedima,
Het a guglond[151] eſten fro ða. 1264
Flemd waſ agar and yſmael,
and yſaac wex and ðehg wol wel.
Abimelech makes
a covenant with
Abraham,
Abimalech ſag abraham,
Hu welðe him wex and migte cam, 1268
He bad him maken ſiker pligt
Of luue and trewðe, in frendeſ rigt,
[150] _w_ MS.
[151] _read_ kunglond