The king's daughter came and saw the child on the water. Teremuth kinkes[242] dowter ðor cam, ðor ðis child on ðe water nam; 2604 Ghe bad it ben to hire brogt, And ſag ðis child wol fair[e] wrogt, She wist it was of Hebrew kin, Ghe wiſte it was of ebrius kin, And ðog cam hire rewde[243] wið-in; 2608 [240] ðor? [241] birð? [242] kinges? [243] rewðe? TEREMUTH ADOPTS HIM AS HER SON. God haued[244] ſwilc fair-hed hi_m_ geuen, but let it live for its beauty. ðat ſelf ðe fon it leten liuen. Egyptians wanted her to destroy the child. Egipte wimmen comen ner, And boden ðe childe letten ðer, 2612 Oc he wente it awei wið rem, Of here bode nam he no gem. Miriam, at Teremuth's bidding, ÐO q_u_ad maria to teremuth, "wilt ðu, leuedi, ic go fear out, 2616 And take ſu_m_ wimman of ðat kin ðor he waſ bi-gote & foſtred in?" fetches a "foster woman" for the child. Teremuth ſo bad, & ſche forð-ran, And brogt hire a foſtre wimman, 2620 On waſ tette he ſone aueð lagt, Teremuth consigned Moses to Jochabed, who returned home blithely. And teremuth haueð hire hi_m_ bi-tagt. Iakabeð wente bliðe agen, ðat ghe ðe gildesſ[245] foſtre muſte ben; 2624 Ghe kepte it wel i_n_ foſtre wune, Ghe knew it for hire owen ſune; [Fol. 51b.] When old enough, the child was adopted by Teremuth, who called it Moses. And q_u_ane it ſulde ſundred ben, Ghe bar it teremuth for to ſen; 2628 Teremuth toc it on ſunes ſtede, And fedde it wel and cloðen dede; And ghe it clepit moyſen, Ghe wiſte of water it boren ben. 2632 She brought him before Pharaoh, who placed the royal crown on his head.