The Israelites Leave Egypt

Oc ðe ail haueð ſo wide ſpiled,

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ðat hiſ graue iſ ðor vnder hiled,

On an gold gad ðe name god
Iſ grauen, and leid up-on ðe flod;
A golden rod with the name of God upon it was laid upon the flood.

Moyſes it folwede ðider it flet,

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And ſtod ðor ðe graue under let;
ðor he doluen, and hauen ſogt,
And funden, and hauen up-brogt
ðe bones ut of ðe erðe wroken,
Moses followed its course, and thus discovered the grave.

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Summe hole, & ſumme broken;
He dede iſ binden & faire loken
Alle ðe bones ðe he ðor token.
Some of the bones were whole and some broken.

Quane he geden egipte fro,

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It wurð erðe-dine, and fellen ðo
When Israel left Egypt there was an earthquake.

fele chirches and ideles mide,
Miracle it was ðat god ðor dede.
Many temples fell down.

Gon woren .vii. ſcore ger

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Siðen ioſep waſ doluen ðer;
And .xxiii. ſcore fro ðan
ðat god it ſpac wið abrahram.
[Fol. 62b.]
Seven score years were gone since Joseph was buried.

fro Rameſe to ſokoht ſtede

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Non man on hem letting dede,
For ſwinc and murning hem was on,
fro ðe liches in-to ðe erðe don;
And manige of ðo greten forði

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ðat he adden ben hard hem bi.
The Israelites journey from Rameses to Succoth.

To burg ethan fer fro ſokoth,
And ðeðen he ten to pharaoth;
ðor he ſtunden for to ſen

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quilc pharaon wið hem ſal ben.
From Succoth they go to Etham, and thence to Pihahiroth.

Pharaon bannede vt hiſ here,
Iſrael he ðhogte to don dere;
Pharaoh called out his army.

Sex hundred carte-hird i-wrogt

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vt of egipte he haueð brogt;
On horſe fifiti ðhusent men,
x ſcore ðhusent of fote ren;
Six hundred chariots he brought out of Egypt, fifty thousand horsemen, and ten score thousand men of foot.

MS. haued.

MS. Siden.

MS. der.

MS. wid.

MS. pharaofh.

MS. hirdi wrogt.

MS. haued.