And ben ſone hom numen;
They told their
father
And b[i]foren here fader cumen,
And gunen him ðore tellen,
[Fol. 54.]
how a young man
at the well had
protected them.
Hu a gunge man, at te welle[n], 2756
ðewe and wurſipe hem dede;
Jethro sent after
him and kept him
in his house,
And ietro geld it him i_n_ eſtdede,
Sente after him, freinede hiſ kin,
Helde him wurðelike iſ huſ wið-in; 2760
Of ali kinde he wiſte him boren,
And bad him ðor wunen him bi-foren,
and gave him his
daughter to wife,
who bore him
two sons.
Gaf him iſ dowter ſephoram;
To wife in lage he hire nam, 2764
And bi-gat two ſunes on hire ðer,
firſt gerlon, ſiðen eliezer.
Egipte king to late waſ dead,
ðe ðe childre ſo drinkelen bead. 2768
On a time Moses
went into the
desert with his
flocks, for rich
men then kept
such ware.
And moyſes waſ numen an ſel
In ðe deſerd depe ſumdel,
for te loken hirdneſſe fare;
Riche men ðo kepten ſwilc ware. 2772
By Mount Sinai
he sees a wondrous
sight,
ðo ſag moyſes, at munt ſynay,
An ſwiðe ferli ſigt ðor-bi,
fier brennen on ðe grene leaf,
a bush burning,
and nevertheless
green and whole.
And ðog grene and hol bi-leaf; 2776
forð he nam to ſen witterlike,
Hu ðat fier brende milde-like;
Out of that bush
God's voice was
heard, clear and
high,
Vt of ðat buſk, ðe brende and ðheg,
God ſente an ſteuene, brigt and heg; 2780
'Moses, Moses,
take off thy
shoes, for thou
standest on holy
ground.
"Moyſes, moyſes, do of ðin ſon,
ðu ſtondes ſeli ſtede up-on;
[Fol. 54b.]
I am the God of
Jacob, Isaac, and
Abraham.
Hic am god ðe in min gemi_n_g nam
Iacob, yſaac, and abraham; 2784
I have seen the
affliction of my
people,
ic haue min folkes pine ſogen,
ðat he nu longe hauen drogen;
and have come
down to deliver
them,
Nu am ic ligt to fren hem ðeðen,
And milche and hunige lond he_m_ q_ue_ðen; 2788