And moyſes drug him to ðe ſtrond,
And ſtille[256] he dalf hi_m_ [in] ðe ſond;
He thought that
none had wist it.
wende he ðat non egipcien
ðat hadde it wiſt, ne ſulde a ſen; 2720
On the second
day he saw two
men chiding,
and reproved
them.
Til after ðiſ on oðer day,
He ſag chiden in ðe wey
two egypcienis, modi & ſtrong,
ðiſ on wulde don ðe toðer wrong; 2724
And moyſes nam ðer-of kep,
And to hemward ſwide[257] he lep,
And vndernam hi_m_ ðat it agte awold.
The wrong-doer
thus answered
him,