Sei him, if min folc ne mote gon,
and was punished
by a plague of
flies.
fleges kin ſal hin ou_er_-gon, 3004
And al hiſ lond to ſorge ten;
Oc lond gerſen ne ſal non ben."
Then gave he
them leave to
depart,
And ðuſ[274] it was, and al ðiſ ſor
Sag pharaun, and dredde hi_m_ ðor. 3008
He gaf hem leue ðo vt to faren
wið-ðanne-ðat he to londe ef[t] charen;
And moyſes bad meðe here on,
and the flight of
flies was removed.
And ðiſ fleges fligt vt iſ don; 3012
And pharaon wroð[275] herte on hard,
And vn-dede hem ðat[276] forward.
Moyſes ſpac ſiðen wið gode,
Message comes to
Pharaoh of a
great plague.