Moses raises an
altar.
Moyſes made ðor alter on,
"Min bliſ" iſ name ðor-one don.
Jethro visits
Moses,
ÐO cam ietro to moysen,
To ſpeken him and ðo kinnes-men, 3400
bringing with
him Zipporah and
her two sons.
And ſephora, moyſes wif,
And hire two ſunes of faiger lif;
Ietro liſtnede moyſes tale,
Moses relates to
him the destruction
of Pharaoh.
Of him and pharaon ðe dwale, 3404
And ðhankede[316] it almigten wel,
ðat waſ bi-tid for iſrael;
[Fol. 66b.]
And at wið moyſen feſtelike,
Jethro counsels
Moses to appoint
rulers of the
people,
And tagte him ſiðen witt_er_like 3408
Vnder him helpes oðere don,
ðat folc ſtering to ſtreng[t]hen on.
rulers of thousands,
Al bi ðhuſenz ðiſ folc was told,
Ilc ðhuſent adde a meiſter wold; 3412
And vnder ðiſ tgen[317] ſteres ben,
rulers of hundreds,
Ilc here on hundred to bi-ſen;
Vnder ðis ilc two ſteres wunen,
rulers of fifties,