In memory of
which are we
wont to come
seven times to the
font at Eastertide.
ðor-of in eſterne be we wunen
Seuene ſiðes to funt cumen.
Ðor q_u_iles he weren in ðe deſert,
God tagte hem weie, wis and pert; 3292
A fair piler ſon hem on o nigt,
And a ſkie[300] eu_er_e on daiges ligt.
The fifth sojourn
was in the wilderness
of Shur;
Ðe fifte ſuriuren ðat he deden,
In ðe deſert ſur, on drie ſtede; 3296
three days the
people were without
water.
ðre dages weren he ðider gon,
ðat he ne funden water non;
At Marah the
waters were
bitter, but
A welle he funde at marath,[301]
ðe water was bit_er_ and al wlath;[302] 3300
A funden trew ðor-inne dede
a tree rendered
them sweet.
Moyſes, and it wurð ſwet on ðe ſtede.
[Fol. 64b.]
The sixth sojourn
was at Elim,
Ðe ſexte ſuriuren at elim,
xij welle-ſpringes weren on him, 3304
An[d] then[303] and ſexti palme tren
bi ðo welles men migte ſen;
He maden ſiðen, fro elim,
and from thence
to Sin.
Mani ſuriuren in ðe deſert ſin. 3308
Bi-twen elim and ſinay,
Bread fails
them.
bred wantede, hem was wo forði;
ðat was on ðe ðrittiðe[304] dai,
ðat here wei fro egypte lay, 3312
ðor he woren hungur for-dred;
They murmur
against Moses.
"Ille," he ſeiden, "haue we ſped,
Bet uſ were in egipte ben,
Bred and fles ðer[305] we muwen ſen." 3316
Moyſes wurð war ðe folc was wroð,
And here gruching ðo god was loð.
"ſtille," q_u_að he, "and on-dreg,
Godeſ fulſum-hed iſ gu ful neg." 3320
God sends them
a flight of fowls,
At euen cam a fugel-fligt,
fro-ward arabie to hem rigt;
ðor migte eu_er_ilc man fugeles taken,
So fele so he wulden raken; 3324
[300] MS. aſkie.
[301] _read_ marach.
[302] _read_ wlach.
[303] ten?
[304] MS. ðrittide.
[305] MS. der.