[Fol. 59.]
"To-morgen, bute he mugen vt-pharen,
Egyptes erf ſal al for-faren."
The murrain
among the cattle.
He wið-held[277] hem and, al-ſo he it b[e]ad,
Al ðe erf of egipt wurð dead; 3020
And get ne migte ðiſ folc vt-gon,
ſwilc har[d]neſſe iſ on pharaon.
After ðiſ time, it ſo bi-cam,
ðat moyſes aſkes up-nam, 3024
The plague of
boils and blains.
And warpes vt til heuene-ward;
ðo wex vn-ſelðe on hem wel hard,
dolc, ſor, and blein on erue and man;
The sorcerers hid
themselves, and
would not come
before Pharaoh,
ðe wicches hidden hem for-ðan, 3028
Bi-foren pharaun nolden he ben,
so loathsome
were they to look
upon.
So woren he lodelike on to ſen;
At laſt, q_u_an it waſ ou_er_-gon,
Hadde moyſes ðo leue non. 3032
Siðen ſente ðe lou_er_d gode,
God's message to
Pharaoh.
bi moyſes, to ðiſ king bode;
"for-ði lete ic ðe king her ben,
Men ſal, ðurg ðe, mi_n_ migte ſen, 3036
And knowen ſal ben, ðe to un-frame,
In eu_er_ilc lond min migte name.
[274] MS. duſ.
[275] worð?
[276] MS. dat.
[277] MS. wid-held.