He threatens
the king with
hail-storm.
ſwilc hail was her or neuere nomen
So ſal ðiſ ſel to-morgen cumen; 3040
Do men and erue in huſe ben,
If ðu wilt more hem liues ſen."
[Fol. 59b.]
ðo men, ðe weren in eige and dred,
ben borwen, and erue, ðurg ðiſ red. 3044
On the morrow
came thunder,
hail, and lightning.
O morgen, al ſwilc time al ſir,
ðhunder, and hail, and leuenes fir,
Cam wel vnghere; al ðat it fond
It slew many
men, broke down
trees, grass, and
corn.
Bergles, it ſloge i_n_ ðat lond; 3048
Treeſ it for-brac, and greſ, and corn,
ðat waſ up-ſprungen ðor bi-foren;
Oc ðe ebrius in lond gerſen
ne derede it, coren, ne erf, ne men; 3052
ðo ſeide ðe folc to pharaon,
The Egyptians
beseech Moses to
remove this
plague.
"Nu ic wot we haue miſ-don;
Moyſes, do ðiſ weder charen,
And gu ſal [ic] leten ut-faren." 3056
Moyſes gede vt, helde up iſ hond,
And al ðiſ vnweder ðor atwond,
The storm
ceased,
And wurð ðiſ weder ſone al ſtille,
And al after ðe kinges wille. 3060
but though the
weather was soft,
the king's heart
was hard.
ðiſ weder iſ ſofte, And ðiſ king hard,
And brekeð hi_m_ eft ðat forward.
MOyſes ſiðen, and aaron,
Then said Moses,