"Lou_er_d, ſent him ðat iſ to cumen,
Vgging and dred me haueð[260] numen."
"Aaron, thy brother
can speak
well, thou shalt
meet him, and
make known to
him my words."
"Aaron ðin broðer can wel ſpeken,
ðu ſalt him meten and vnſteken 2828
Him bodeword min, and ic ſal red
Gunc boðen bringen read and ſped."
Moses asks leave
of Jethro to visit
his brethren.
Moyſes, frigti, ðo funden gan
to ſpeken wið ietro ðat riche man, 2832
And aſkede him leue to faren and ſen,
If hiſe breðere of liues ben;
[Fol. 55b.]
Moses delayed
until God's message
again came
to him.
ðog drechede he til god ef[t] bad,
And brogte him bode ðe made him glad, 2836
ðat pharaun, ðe wulde him ſ[l]en,
Waſ dead and hadde iſ werkes len.
Then he departed
with his wife and
children.
MOyſes and hiſe wif ſephoram,
And hiſe childre wið him nam; 2840
And ðat on waſ vncircu_m_ciſ.
One child was
uncircumcised,
and the angel in
the way sought
to slay him.
He nam ſo forð, ſoð it is;
An angel, wið an dragen ſwerd,
In ðe weie made him offerd, 2844
for ðat he ledden feren ſwike,
ðe ſulden him deren witt_er_like;
Zipporah circumcised
her son.
Sephora toc ðiſ gunge knaue,
And dede circu_m_ciſe haue, 2848
And gret, and wente frigti a-gen,
Moses pursued
his way alone.
And let moyſes forð one ten.
He bar hiſe gerde forð in iſ hond,
And nam a weie[261] bi deſerd lond; 2852
At Mount Sinai
he meets with
Aaron.
To mount ſynai forð he nam,
Aaron hiſe broðer a-gen him cam;
Eyðer [h]ere was of oðer fagen;
Moyſes him haueð iſ herte[262] vt-dragen, 2856
They come into
Egypt.
And he ben in-to egypte numen,
And a-mong folc ebriſſe ben cumen;
Moyſes tolde hem ðat bliðe bode,
The people believe
them.