"To-morrow shall
the grasshoppers
come into the
land."
"To-morgen ſulen greſſeoppes cumen,
And ðat ail ða bileaf ſal al ben numen;
So ſal ðin hardneſſe ben wreken,
ðat men ſulen longe ðor-after ſpeken." 3068
[Fol. 60.]
"Goð vt," q_u_að he, "red ic ſal taken,
And gu ſiðen i ſal anſwer maken."
The Egyptians
advise the king
to let the Israelites
go.
Qvað ðiſ folc, "bet_er_ iſt laten he_m_ vt-pharen,
Al ſal egipte elles for-faren." 3072
Pharaoh is at
first inclined to
let them go,
He calde hem in; q_u_ad pharaon,
"Q_u_ilc ben ðo ðe ſulen vt-gon?"