[Fol. 56.]
He redden ſamen he ſulden gon
wið[263] wiſe men to pharaon.
Moses and Aaron
come before Pharaoh,
"God," he ſeiden, "of iſr_ae_l
ðe bode ſente, and greteð wel, 2864
and deliver their
message.
ðat, bi ði leue, hiſe folc vt-fare,
ðre daiges gon and ben ðor gare,
In ðe deſerd an ſtede up-on,
Hiſ leue ſacrifiſe to don." 2868
Q_u_ad pharaun, "knowe ic[264] hi_m_ nogt,
Bi q_u_aſe read haue ge ðiſ ſowt?"
Moses says that
he is well known
to the Egyptians,
Seide moyſes, "ic am ſonder man,
Egipte folc me knowen can, 2872
for ic am ðat ilc moyſes,
having delivered
them from the
Ethiopians,
ðe egypte folc of ſorge les,
ðan ethiops woren her cumen;
ic warc al ðat ðu was binumen, 2876
And ſwanc and michel ſorwe dreg,
and that he
brings God's
message from
Mount Sinai.
Get iſt vnſene hu ic it bi-teg?
Ic haue ben ſiðen at munt ſyna,
Godes bode-wurd bringe ic ðor-fra." 2880
Pharaoh chides
Moses,
Qvað pharaun, "ðu art min ðral,
ðat hidel-like min lond vt-ſtal;
Sum ſwike-dom doð it nu ben,
ðat ðu beſt cumen nu eft agen; 2884
and declares that
the Israelites
shall suffer still
greater woe.
ðiſ folc, ðat ðu wilt me leden fro,
ſal ben luken i_n_ more wo."
[Fol. 56b.]
Ðe king it bad, and [it] wurð don;
More labour is
laid upon the Israelites.
More ſwinc ðo was hem leid on. 2888
Hem-ſeluen he fetchden ðe chaf
ðe men ðor hem to gode gaf,
And ðog holden ðe tigeles tale,
And elten and eilden,[265] grete & ſmale. 2892
Moses complains
to God.
Ðo fleg ðiſ folc wið moyſen,
And [he] to god made hiſe bimen.
"Lou_er_ed, q_u_i waſ ic hider ſent?
ðin folc iſ more in ſorwe went." 2896
[263] MS. wid.
[264] MS. ic hic.
[265] ? eldren and children?