[Fol. 39b.]
ðog had he ðo wif(.) and bi-foren
Childre of him bi-geten and of hire boren,
Oc after ðis it ſo bi-cam,
Ioseph iſ dowter to wiue nam. 2008
Potiphar loved
Joseph well.
Putifar luuede ioſeph wel,
bi-tagte him hiſ huſ eu_er_ilc del,
And he wurðede riche man an heg,
His wealth prospered
under
Joseph's care.
vnder ioſeph hiſ welðe ðeg. 2012
Hiſ wif wurð wilde, and nam i_n_ ðogt
His wife sought
to lead Joseph
astray.
vn-rigt-wiſ luue, and ſwanc for nogt,
One and ſtille ðogt hire gamen
wið ioſeph ſpeken and plaigen ſamen; 2016
For gold nor for
wealth of any
kind would he
"forget his chastity."
Ghe bed him gold, and agte, and fe,
To maken him riche man and fre,
wið-ðhan ðat he wið here wile;
Oc hi_m_ mislikede ðat ghe wile; 2020
for ſcrið, ne ðret, ne mai ghe bi-geten
for to don hi_m_ chaſthed for-geten;
Neither threats
nor intreaties
prevailed.
Often ghe ðrette, often ghe ſcroð,
Oc al it was him o-like loð. 2024
An time he was at hire tgeld,
ðo ghe him his mentel for-held;
Wherefore she
sought to be
revenged upon
Joseph.
for he wið hire ne wulde ſpeken,
Ghe ðhenkeð on hi_m_ for to ben wreken; 2028
Sone ghe mai hire lou_er_d[209] ſen,
Ghe god him bitt_er_like a-gen,
[Fol. 40.]
She accused him
falsely to
Potiphar,
And ſeið ioſeph hire wulde don,
ðat ghe ne migte hi_m_ bringen on; 2032
"ðiſ mentel ic wið-held for-ði,
To tawnen [ðe] ðe ſoðe her-bi."
ðe wite iſ hiſe(.) ðe right iſ hire,
God al-migtin ðe ſoðe ſhire. 2036
who, believing
his wife's tale,
Pvtifar trewið hiſe wiwes tale,
And haued[210] dempt ioſep to bale;
He bad [him] ben ſperd faſt dun,
threw Joseph
into prison.