Miriam Is Smitten with Leprosy

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So fele he wilen, he [h]auen numen,
And dried and holden to eten;
Oc god ne wile it nogt for-geten;

ðat gruching hauen he derre bogt,

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fier haueð on hem ðe wreche wrogt,
Brend and doluen waſ ðat folc ſoth;
ðat ſtede beð cald ðor-fore cabroth.
The Lord smote the people with a plague because of their murmuring.

FOrð he nomen to aſſaroth,
The people come to Hazaroth.

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ðor wurð maria ſumdel ſoth,
for ſche ðor haueð wið moyſes fliten;
Miriam speaks against Moses,

ðor wurð ghe ðanne wið lepre ſmiten,
And vten ſundred .vii. nigt,

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In grot and in ſrifte, ſore offrigt;
and is smitten with leprosy.

Moyſes bi-ſogte, and ſche wurð fer
And frend, and cam ðat broðer ner.
[Fol. 72.]

FOrð nam ðiſ folc ſiðen fro ðan

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fele iurnes in-to pharan;
Forð waſ gon al ðeſe oðer ger,
ðo he woren at ſyon-gaber;
The people remove from Hazaroth and come to Paran.

Fro ðeðen he ſente forð to ſen,

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Quilc ðo riche londes ben,
ðat god hem ſulde bringen in;
Men are sent to search the Land of Promise.

On man he ſente of ilc kin.
xii. ſondere men ðor vte faren,

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ðiſ hoten lond ðurg-vt he charen,
One is sent from each tribe.

xl. daigeſ faren ben;
Bi ðanne quanne he wenten a-gen,
In-to cades ðe folc was ſogt.

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ðeſ .xii. ðider hem hauen brogt
The spies having been away forty days,

Of ðe plenteð ðe god ðor gaf,
An win-grape on an cuuel-ſtaf,
And tolden hem ðe lond iſ god,

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ful of erf and of netes brod;
return bringing with them of the plenty of the land.

Oc burges ſtronge and folc v[n-]frigt,
ſtalwurði to weren here rigt;
In Hebron they found walled cities, stalworth men, and giants.

MS. wile he.

MS. haued.

? sot.

At the bottom of the page is the catchword—"Moyſes bi-ſogte, &."

MS. dat.

MS. ðeden.