and brought before Joseph, And brogte hem bi-for ioſep Wid reweli lote, and ſorwe, and wep. 2328 ðo q_u_at ioſep, "ne wiſte ge nogt who reproaches them for their crime. ðat ic am o wol witter ðogt? Mai nogt longe me ben for-holen Q_u_at-ſo-eu_er_e on londe wurð ſtolen." 2332 Judah tells Joseph of his promise to his father. "Lou_er_d!" q_u_ad Iudas, "do wið me Q_u_at-ſo ði wille on werlde be, Wið-ðan-ðat ðu friðe beniamin; ic ledde [him] ut on trewthe min, 2336 ðat he ſulde ef[223] cumen a-gen to hiſe fader, and wið him ben." Joseph commands all, except his brethren, to leave him, and makes himself known to them. ðo cam ioſep ſwilc rewðe up-on, he dede halle ut ðe toðere gon, 2340 And ſpac un-eðes, ſo e gret, ðat alle hiſe wlite wurð tereſ wet. [Fol. 46.] "Ic am ioſep, dredeð gu nogt, for gure helðe or hider brogt; 2344 Two ger ben nu ðat derke[224] iſ cumen, Get ſulen .v. fulle ben numen, ðat men ne ſulen ſowen ne ſheren, So ſal drugte ðe feldes deren. 2348 Tells them to hasten to his father, Rapeð gu to min fader a-gen, And ſeið him q_u_ilke min bliſſes ben, And doð him to me cumen hider, and return with their cattle to Egypt. And ge and gure orf al to-gider; 2352 Of lewſe god in lond gerſen ſulen ge ſundri riche ben." Eu_er_ilc he kiſte, on ilc he gret, Ilc here was of iſ teres wet. 2356 Soon did Pharaoh learn the new tidings. Sone it was king pharaon kid Hu ðis newe tiding wurð bi-tid; And he was bliðe, in herte fagen, ðat Ioſep wulde him ðider dragen, 2360 for luue of Ioſep migte he timen. He bad them take carts and He bad cartes and waines nimen, [223] eft? [224] derðe? JACOB AND HIS FAMILY GO INTO EGYPT. wains and fetch their wives and children.