to leave their
flocks and herds
behind.
And let her hen boden er[f] & ſep,
ic wile ðor-on[278] nimen kep." 3112
Q_u_ad moyſes, "la! god it wot,
Moses will not
consent to this
arrangement.
ſal ðe[r]-of bi-leuen non fot,
Al we ſulen iſ wið vs hauen;
'Wold,' q_u_ad god, 'wile ðor-of crauen.'" 3116
Q_u_að pharaon to moyſen,
Moses and Aaron
are driven out
from the presence
of Pharaoh.
"Nu ic rede ðat ge flen;
for ſe ic gu more-ou_er_ nu,
dead ſal be[279] wreken ou_er_ gu." 3120
[Fol. 61.]
MOyſes fleg to lond gerſen,
ðor wuneden hiſ kinnes men.
God tells Moses
of his final vengeance
upon the
Egyptians.
Quað god, "get ic ſal pharaon,
Or ge gon vt, don an wreche on, 3124
(Nu ſal ic in-to egipte gon,)
Swilc wreche waſ ear neu_er_e non;
Each first-born
shall be destroyed.
Deigen ðor ſal ilc firme bigeten
Of men and erf, non forgeten; 3128
Oc among gu, dredeð gu nogt,
to gu ne ſal non iuel ben ſogt,
Ne ſal ic gu nog[t] loten
Of ðat ic haue gu bi-hoten." 3132
The year shall
begin,
Siðen q_u_að god to moyſen,
"ðiſ ſal gure firmeſt moneð[280] ben,
ðoo gune men ðe mone ſen
when in April the
new moon is
seen.
In april Reke-fille ben." 3136
ðanne he lereden he_m_ newe wunen;
The institution
of the Passover.
"Eu_er_ilc ger, more to munen,
Eu_er_ilc huſ-folc ðe mai it ðauen
A lamb or kid of
the first year is
to be taken and
slain by each
household on the
fourteenth day of
the month,
On ger ſep oðer on kide hauen; 3140
ðe tende dai it ſulde ben lagt,
And ho[l]den in ðe tende nagt,
And [slagen] on ðe fowrtende dai;
So mikil hird ſo it noten mai, 3144
Ben at euen folc ſum to ſamen,
and to be roasted
whole.
And ilc folc iſ to fode framen,
[278] MS. dor-on.
[279] MS. me.
[280] MS. moned.