An litel ſtund, q_u_ile he waſ ðer,
The gaoler loved
Joseph.
So gan him luuen ðe p_ri_ſuner,
And hi_m_ de[211] chartre haueð bi-tagt,
In this prison,
either for misdeed
or bad words,
wið ðo p_ri_ſunes to liuen i_n_ hagt. 2044
Or for miſdede, or for on-ſagen,
ðor woren to ðat p_ri_ſun dragen,
were placed the
chief butler and
baker.
On ðat ðe kingeſ kuppe bed,
And on ðe made ðe kingeſ bred; 2048
Both dreamt
dreams in one
night,
Hem drempte dremes boðen onigt,
And he wurðen ſwiðe ſore o-frigt;
Ioſeph hem ſeruede ðor on ſel,
At here drink and at here mel, 2052
which caused
them to become
very sorrowful.
He herde hem m_ur_nen(.) he hem freinde for-q_u_at;
Harde dremes ogen awold ðat.
Joseph inquired
the reason of
their grief.
ðo ſeide he to ðe butuler,
"Tel me ðin drem, mi broðer her. 2056
[Fol. 40b.]
Q_u_eðer-ſo it wurðe ſofte or ſtrong,
ðe reching wurð on god bi-long."
The butler's
dream.
"Me drempte, ic ſtod at a win-tre,
A vine with three
branches
ðat adde waxen buges ðre, 2060
Oreſt it blomede, and ſiðen bar
bore grapes;
ðe beries ripe wurð ic war;
ðe kinges [kuppe] ic hadde on hond,
the juice the butler
squeezed into
Pharaoh's cup,
and gave him to
drink as he was
wont.
ðe beries ðor-inne me ðhugte ic wrong, 2064
And bar it drinken to pharaon,
Me drempte, alſ ic waſ wune to don."
"Good it is,"
said Joseph, "to
dream of wine.
"Good is," q_u_að Ioſeph, "to dremen of win,
heilneſſe an bliſſe iſ ðer-in; 2068
In three days
thou shalt be restored
to thy
office,
ðre daies ben get for to cumen,
ðu ſalt ben ut of p_ri_ſun numen,
And on ðin offiz ſet agen;
then think of me
and bear my
errand to Pharaoh,
Of me ðu ðhenke ðan it ſal ben, 2072
Bed min herdne to pharaon,
ða[t] ic ut of p_ri_sun wurðe don,
for I am here
wrongfully held
in prison."
for ic am ſtolen of kinde lond,
and her wrigteleſlike holden i_n_ bond." 2076
[211] ðe?