[Fol. 74b.]
And on [ilc] wond writen ſal ben
ðe kindes name ðe ðor to tgen; 3824
God ſal to-morgen token don,
Q_u_ilc kinde he wile ðiſ meſt_er_ on.
The rods were
written upon,
ðuſ it was don, and on a wond
Wið-uten[362] ðo wrot he wið hond 3828
ðe twelfte names of ðat kin;
and laid before
the Lord in the
Tabernacle.
ðe tabernacle he dedis in,
And ðor he iſ haued god bi-tagt,
And let iſ ben ðor al ðat nagt. 3832
On the morrow
the rods were
examined,
O morgen q_u_an he com a-gen,
Q_u_at was bitid he let hem ſen;
Ilc wond he fond of eu_er_ilc kin
Alſ ſwilc alſ he iſ dede ðor-in; 3836
and Aaron's rod,
of the house of
Levi, had budded,
blossomed, and
brought forth
almonds,
Oc on, ðe was of aaron,
(Writen was name leui ðor-on),
It was grene and leaued bi-cumen,
And nutes amigdeles ðor-onne numen; 3840
ðo wiſten he ðat[363] aaron
so it was seen
that God had
appointed Aaron
as bishop.
Was hem biſſop ðurg god don;
To ſen gode witneſſe ðor-on,
ðat wond was in ðat arche don. 3844
[I]N ðe deſert he wuneden ðor
Thirty-seven
years and more
the people abode
in the desert,
.xxx.vii. winter and mor;
Longe abuten munt ſeyr,
folgede hem ðat ſkie ſcir, 3848
[Fol. 75.]
wandering about
from place to
place,
And often to ðe ſe ðor-bi,
And often to ðe munt ſynay;
Her and gund ðor he biried lin,
and all the old
ones died.
Alle he[364] olde deden ðor fin. 3852
And at ðe laſte ne-ðe-les,
Eft he come ſone to cades,
At Kadesh
Miriam died,
ðor was moyſes ſiſter dead;
ðat folc ðor .xxx. daiges a-bead, 3856
And after wune faire hire bi-stod,
wið teres, rem, and frigti mod;
[362] MS. wid-uten.
[363] MS. dat.
[364] ðhe?