An time after ðat ðiſ was don, Ghe brogte him bi-foren pharaon, And ðiſ king wurð hi_m_ in herte mild, So ſwide[246] faiger was ðiſ child; 2636 And he toc him on ſunes ſtede, And hiſ corune on his heued he dede, And let it ſtonden ayne ſtund; The child soon threw it to the ground. ðe child it warp dun to de grund. 2640 Hamon's likeness was thereon. Hamonel[247] likeneſ was ðor-on; ðis crune is broken, ðiſ iſ miſdon. The Bishop of Heliopolis saw this, and said, Biſſop Eliopoleos ſag ðiſ timing, & up he roſ; 2644 [244] haueð? [245] cildeſ? [246] ſwiðe? [247] Hamoneſ? THE ETHIOPIANS INVADE EGYPT, "If this child be allowed to thrive, he shall become Egypt's bale." "If ðiſ child," q_u_ad he, "mote ðen, He ſal egyptes bale ben." If ðor ne wore helpe twen lopen, ðiſ child adde ðan ſone be dropen; 2648 ðe king wið-ſtod & an wiſ man, He ſeide, "ðe child doð alſ he can; We ſulen nu witen for it dede ðiſ witterlike, or in child-hede;" 2652 [Fol. 52.] The king offered the child two burning coals (to eat), and he put them in his mouth, and burnt the end of his tongue therewith, and spake indistinctly. He bad ðis child brennen to colen And he toc is hu migt he it ðolen, And in hiſe muth ſo depe he iſ dede Hiſe tunges ende iſ brent ðor-mide; 2656 ðor-fore ſeide de[248] ebru witt_er_like, ðat he ſpac ſiðen miſerlike; So fair was he to look upon, that none might be angry with him. Oc ſo faiger he waſ on to ſen, ðat migte no_n_ man modi ben. 2660 ðor q_u_iles he ſeweden him up-on, Mani dede b[i]leph un-don In ðat burg folc bi-twen, So waſ hem lef on hi_m_ to ſen. 2664