and brought before
Joseph,
And brogte hem bi-for ioſep
Wid reweli lote, and ſorwe, and wep. 2328
ðo q_u_at ioſep, "ne wiſte ge nogt
who reproaches
them for their
crime.
ðat ic am o wol witter ðogt?
Mai nogt longe me ben for-holen
Q_u_at-ſo-eu_er_e on londe wurð ſtolen." 2332
Judah tells Joseph
of his promise
to his father.
"Lou_er_d!" q_u_ad Iudas, "do wið me
Q_u_at-ſo ði wille on werlde be,
Wið-ðan-ðat ðu friðe beniamin;
ic ledde [him] ut on trewthe min, 2336
ðat he ſulde ef[223] cumen a-gen
to hiſe fader, and wið him ben."
Joseph commands
all, except
his brethren, to
leave him, and
makes himself
known to them.
ðo cam ioſep ſwilc rewðe up-on,
he dede halle ut ðe toðere gon, 2340
And ſpac un-eðes, ſo e gret,
ðat alle hiſe wlite wurð tereſ wet.
[Fol. 46.]
"Ic am ioſep, dredeð gu nogt,
for gure helðe or hider brogt; 2344
Two ger ben nu ðat derke[224] iſ cumen,
Get ſulen .v. fulle ben numen,
ðat men ne ſulen ſowen ne ſheren,
So ſal drugte ðe feldes deren. 2348
Tells them to
hasten to his
father,
Rapeð gu to min fader a-gen,
And ſeið him q_u_ilke min bliſſes ben,
And doð him to me cumen hider,
and return with
their cattle to
Egypt.
And ge and gure orf al to-gider; 2352
Of lewſe god in lond gerſen
ſulen ge ſundri riche ben."
Eu_er_ilc he kiſte, on ilc he gret,
Ilc here was of iſ teres wet. 2356
Soon did Pharaoh
learn the new
tidings.
Sone it was king pharaon kid
Hu ðis newe tiding wurð bi-tid;
And he was bliðe, in herte fagen,
ðat Ioſep wulde him ðider dragen, 2360
for luue of Ioſep migte he timen.
He bad them
take carts and
He bad cartes and waines nimen,
[223] eft?
[224] derðe?