May God Shield Us from Hell's Night!

Ydolatrie, ðat waſ hem lef,

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ofte vt-wrogte hem ſorges dref.

MOyſes iſ faren, on elde told
fulle ſex ſcore winter old;
Although Moses was 120 years old,

And ðog him leſtede hiſe ſigte brigt,

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And euerilc toð bi tale rigt.
.xxx. daiges wep iſrael
for hiſ dead(.) and bi-ment it wel.
yet his eyesight remained bright, and every tooth was "by tale right."

Swilc prophete in folc of iſrael

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Roſ non, ne ſpac wið god ſo wel;
Eſdras iſ witneſſe of [hiſ] ſage,
He was wel wiſ of ðe olde lage.
Such a prophet in Israel rose none.

Bi-ſeke we nu godes migt,

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ðat he make ure ſowles brigt,
Beseech we now God's might,

And ſhilde us fro elles nigt,
And lede us to bliſſe and in-to ligt;
In ſwilc ðewes lene us to cumen,

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ðurg quat we ben to liue numen,
that he shield us from Hell's night,

And in-to bliſſe wið ſeli men;
Wið muð and herte ſey we, Amen!
EXPLICIT LIBer EXODUS.
[Fol. 81.]
and bring us all into bliss. Amen!

? leue.

MS. cunen.