Or ðan he wiſte off werlde faren, He bade hiſe kinde to him charen, 2436 And ſeide q_u_at of hem ſulde ben, Hali gaſt dede it him ſeen; In clene ending and ali lif, So he for-let ðis werldes ſtrif. 2440 Joseph caused his father's body to be embalmed. [I]Oſep dede hiſe lich faire geren, Waſſen, and riche-like ſmeren, And ſpice-like ſwete ſmaken; Egypt's folk "bewaked" Jacob for forty nights and forty days. And egipte folc him bi-waken 2444 xl. nigtes and .xl. daiges, ſwilc woren egipte lages. [Fol. 48.] The first nine nights they bathe, anoint, etc., the body. first .ix. nigt ðe liches beðen, And ſmeren, and winden, and bi-q_ue_ðen, 2448 And waken iſ ſiðen .xl. nigt; ðo men ſo deden ðe adden migt. The Hebrews had a different custom; And ebriſſe folc adden an kire, Nogt ſone deluen it wið yre, 2452 they wash the body, Oc waſſen it and kepen it rigt, and keep it unanointed for seven nights. Wið-vten ſmerles, ſeuene nigt, And ſiden[229] ſmered .xxx. daiges. Criſtene folc haueð oðer laiges, 2456 He ben ſmered ðor q_u_iles he liuen, Christian folks are anointed with chrism and oil in their life-time. Wið criſme and olie, in trewðe geuen; for trewðe and gode dedes mide, ðon[230] ben ðan al ðat wech-dede; 2460 Su_m_ .on. ſum .ðre. su_m_ .vii. nigt, Su_m_ .xxx., ſum .xii. moneð rigt; And ſum eu_er_ilc wurðen ger, ðor q_u_iles ðat he wunen her, 2464 For the dead they perform alms-gift and mass-song. don for ðe dede chirche-gong, elmeſſe-gifte, and meſſe-ſong, And ðat iſ on ðe weches ſtede; Wel him mai ben dat[231] wel it dede! 2468 Jacob's sons kept a "wake" of thirty days. Egipte folc aueð him waked xl. nigt, and feſte maked, [229] ſiðen? [230] don? [231] ðat? HE IS BURIED IN HEBRON. And hiſe ſunes .xxx. daiges, In clene lif and ali daiges;[232] 2472