Pharaoh would
not let the Israelites
go.
And pharaon ſtirte up a-non,
And for-bed ðiſ folc to gon. 2932
ÐO ſeide moyſes to araon,
"Q_u_at redeſ tu, broder, ſule wit don?
ðiſ king him his[268] wel wiðer-ward
Agen ðis folc, and herte hard; 2936
Moses and Aaron
again came before
Pharaoh.
Go we and ſpeken wið hem get,
And fonden wið ðiſ token bet."
[Fol. 57b.]
And ſo deden [he] ſone a-non,
And comen bi-foren pharaon, 2940
Quad aaron, "nu ſaltu ſen
Q_u_ilc godes migtful ſtrengðes ben."
Aaron smote on
the flood with his
wand;
He ſmot on ðat flod wið ðat wond,
soon anon it became
blood,