[Fol. 48b.] So ten weeks passed away and Jacob had no burial. So woren forð .x. wukes gon, get adde Iacob birigeles non. And pharaon king cam bode bi-foren, Pharaoh heard of Joseph's oath to his father, ðat Ioſep haueð his fader ſworen; 2476 And he it hi_m_ gatte ðor he wel dede, and gave him leave to bury his father, and to take with him "weaponed" men. And bad hi_m_ nimen hi_m_ feres mide, Wel wopnede men and wiſ of here[n], dat[233] noman hem bi weie deren; 2480 ðat bere iſ led, ðiſ folc iſ rad, he foren a-buten bi adad; ful ſeuene nigt he ðer abiden, And bi-meni_n_g for iacob deden; 2484 So longe he hauen ðeðen numen, They crossed the Jordan, and laid the body in a tomb, and Joseph returned to Egypt. To flu_m_ iurdon ðat he ben cumen, And ou_er_ pharan til ebron; ðor iſ ðat liche in biriele don, 2488 And Ioſep in-to egipte went, Wid[234] al iſ folc ut wið him ſent. His brethren came to him to seek forgiveness, Hiſe breðere comen hi_m_ ðanne to, And gunnen him bi-ſeken alle ſo; 2492 "Vre fader," he ſeiden, "or he was dead, Vs he ðiſ bodewurd ſeigen bead, Hure ſinne ðu hi_m_ for-giue, Wið-ðanne-ðat we vnder ðe liuen." 2496 and fell down there before his feet, and he forgave and loved them kindly. Alle he fellen him ðor to fot, To beðen meðe and bedden oc; [Fol. 49.] And he it for-gaf[235] hem mildelike, And luuede hem alle kinde-like. 2500 Joseph waxed old; [I]Oſep an hundred ger waſ hold, And hiſ kin wexen manige-fold; he bad his relations come before him ere he died, He bad ſibbe cumen him bi-foren, Or he waſ ut of werlde boren; 2504 [232] laiges? [233] ðat? [234] wið? [235] At the bottom of fol. 48b is the catchword—"And he it for-gaff." THE DEATH OF JOSEPH.