Oc ðe ail haueð[288] ſo wide ſpiled,
ðat hiſ graue iſ ðor vnder hiled, 3184
A golden rod
with the name
of God upon it
was laid upon
the flood.
On an gold gad ðe name god
Iſ grauen, and leid up-on ðe flod;
Moses followed
its course, and
thus discovered
the grave.
Moyſes it folwede ðider it flet,
And ſtod ðor ðe graue under let; 3188
ðor he doluen, and hauen ſogt,
And funden, and hauen up-brogt
ðe bones ut of ðe erðe wroken,
Some of the bones
were whole and
some broken.
Su_m_me hole, & ſu_m_me broken; 3192
He dede iſ binden & faire loken
Alle ðe bones ðe he ðor token.
When Israel left
Egypt there was
an earthquake.
Q_u_ane he geden egipte fro,
It wurð erðe-dine, and fellen ðo 3196
Many temples
fell down.
fele chirches and ideles mide,
Miracle it was ðat god ðor dede.
[Fol. 62b.]
Seven score years
were gone since
Joseph was
buried.
Gon woren .vii. ſcore ger
Siðen[289] ioſep waſ doluen ðer;[290] 3200
And .xxiii. ſcore fro ðan
ðat god it ſpac wið[291] abrah_ra_m.
The Israelites
journey from Rameses
to Succoth.
fro Rameſe to ſokoht ſtede
Non man on hem letting dede, 3204
For ſwinc and m_ur_ning hem was on,
fro ðe liches in-to ðe erðe don;
And manige of ðo grete_n_ forði
ðat he adden ben hard hem bi. 3208
From Succoth
they go to Etham,
and thence to Pihahiroth.
To burg ethan fer fro ſokoth,
And ðeðen he ten to pharaoth;[292]
ðor he ſtunden for to ſen
q_u_ilc pharaon wið he_m_ ſal ben. 3212
Pharaoh called
out his army.
Pharaon bannede vt hiſ here,
Iſrael he ðhogte to don dere;
Six hundred chariots
he brought
out of Egypt,
fifty thousand
horsemen, and
ten score thousand
men of foot.
Sex hundred carte-hird i-wrogt[293]
vt of egipte he haueð[294] brogt; 3216
On horſe fifiti ðhusent men,
x ſcore ðhusent of fote ren;
[288] MS. haued.
[289] MS. Siden.
[290] MS. der.
[291] MS. wid.
[292] MS. pharaofh.
[293] MS. hirdi wrogt.
[294] MS. haued.