++LJueð q{u}ad he ðat fader get. ðat ðus manige sunes bi{}gat. lou{er}d he seiden get he liueð. Wot ic ðor non ðat he ne biueð. And ðis is gunge beniamin. 335 Hider brogt after bode{}word ðin. ðo josep sag him ðor bi{}foren. Bi fader ⁊ moder broðer boren. Him ou{er}{}wente his herte on{}on. Kinde luue gan hi{m} ou{er}{}gon. 340 Sone he gede ut and stille he gret. ðat al his wlite wurð teres wet. After ðat grot he {w}eis is wliten. And cam ðan in and bad he{m} eten. | He dede hem wassen him bi{}foren. [f. 45r 345 And sette hem as he weren boren. Get he ðhogte of his faderes wunes. Hu he sette at ðe mete hise sunes. Of euerilc sonde of eu{er}ilc win. most and best he gaf beniamin. 350 Jn fulsu{m} hed he wurðen glaðe. Josep ne ðoht ðor{}of no scaðe. Oc it him likede swiðe wel. And hem lerede and tagte wel. And hu he sulden hem best leden. 355 Q{ua}ne he comen in vnkinde ðeden. And al ðe bettre sule ge speden. Jf ge wilen gu wið treweiðe leden. Eft on morwen q{u}an it was dai Or or ðe breðere ferden a{}wei. 360 Here seckes woren alle filt wið coren. And ðe siluer ðor{}in bi{}foren. And ðe seck ðat agte beniamin. Josepes cuppe hid was ðor{}in. And q{u}uan he weren ut tune went. 365 Josep haueð hem after sent. ðis sonde hem ou{er}takeð raðe. And bi{}calleð of harme and scaðe. Vn seli men, q{u}at haue ge don. Gret vn{}selðehe is gu cumen on. | 370 for is it nogt min lord for{}holen. ða gure on haueð is cuppe stolen [f. 45v ð[o] seiden ðe breðere sikerlike. Vp q{u}am ðu it findes witterlike. He slagen [be] and we agen driuen. 375 Jn{}to ðraldom eu{er}mor to liuen. He gan hem ransaken on and on. And fond it ðor sone a{}non. And nam ðo breðere eu{er}ilk on. And ledde hem sorful a{}gon. 380 And brogte hem bi{}for iosep. Wid reweli lote and sorwe and wep. ðo q{u}at iosep ne wiste ge nogt. ðat ic am o wol witter ðogt. Mai nogt longe me ben for{}holen. 385 Q{u}at{}so{}eu{er}e on londe wurð stolen. Lou{er}d q{u}ad judas do wið me. Q{u}at{}so ði wille on werlde be. Wið{}ðan ðat ðu friðe beniamin ic ledde ut on trewthe min. 390 ðat he sulde ef cumen a{}gen. to hise fader and wið him ben. ðo cam iosep swilc rewðe up{}on. he dede halle ut ðe toðere gon. And spac un{}eðes, so e gret. 395 ðat alle hise wlite wurð teres wet. | Jc am iosep dredeð gu nogt. [f. 46r for gure helðe or hider brogt. Two ger ben nu ðat derke is cumen.