So fele he wilen, he [h]auen numen, 3680
And dried and holden to eten;
Oc god ne wile[347] it nogt for-geten;
The Lord smote
the people with a
plague because of
their murmuring.
ðat gruching hauen he der_re_ bogt,
fier haueð[348] on hem ðe wreche wrogt, 3684
Brend and doluen waſ ðat folc ſoth;
ðat ſtede beð cald ðor-fore cabroth.
The people come
to Hazaroth.
FOrð he nomen to aſſaroth,
Miriam speaks
against Moses,
ðor wurð maria ſumdel ſoth,[349] 3688
for ſche ðor haueð wið moyſes fliten;
and is smitten
with leprosy.
ðor wurð ghe ðanne wið lepre ſmiten,
And vten ſundred .vii. nigt,
In grot and i_n_ ſrifte, ſore offrigt;[350] 3692
[Fol. 72.]
Moyſes bi-ſogte, and ſche wurð fer
And frend, and cam ðat[351] broðer ner.
The people remove
from
Hazaroth and
come to Paran.
FOrð nam ðiſ folc ſiðen fro ðan
fele iurnes in-to pharan; 3696
Forð waſ gon al ðeſe oðer ger,
ðo he woren at ſyon-gaber;
Men are sent to
search the Land
of Promise.
Fro ðeðen[352] he ſente forð to ſen,
Q_u_ilc ðo riche londes ben, 3700
ðat god hem ſulde bringen in;
One is sent from
each tribe.
On man he ſente of ilc kin.
xii. ſondere men ðor vte faren,
ðiſ hoten lond ðurg-vt he charen, 3704
The spies having
been away forty
days,
xl. daigeſ faren ben;
Bi ðanne q_u_anne he wenten a-gen,
In-to cades ðe folc was ſogt.
ðeſ .xii. ðider hem hauen brogt 3708
return bringing
with them of the
plenty of the
land.
Of ðe plenteð ðe god ðor gaf,
An win-grape on an cuuel-ſtaf,
And tolden hem ðe lond iſ god,
ful of erf and of netes brod; 3712
In Hebron they
found walled
cities, stalworth
men, and giants.
Oc burges ſtronge and folc v[n-]frigt,
ſtalwurði to weren here rigt;
[347] MS. wile he.
[348] MS. haued.
[349] ? sot.
[350] At the bottom of the page is the catchword—"Moyſes bi-ſogte, &."
[351] MS. dat.
[352] MS. ðeden.