ðog was him ðat ſurgerun ful loð; 2696 Mai he no leue at hire taken but by craft he brought it to an end. but-if he it mai wið crafte maken: He waſ of an ſtrong migt wiſ, He carved upon two gems two likenesses; He carf i_n_ two gummes of priſ 2700 Two likeneſſes, ſo grauen & meten, the one caused remembrance, the other forgetfulness. ðiſ doð ðenken, & ðoð[251] forgeten; He feſt is i_n_ two ringes of gold, Moses gave her the one which caused her to forget her love, Gaf hire ðe ton, he was hire hold; 2704 [Fol. 53.] Ghe it bered[252] and ðiſ luue iſ for-geten, Moyſes ðus haued[253] him leue bi-geten; Sone it migte wið leue ben, and so he came again to Egypt. Into egypte e[254] wente a-gen. 2708 On a time he went to Goshen, and found a "moody steward" beating a Hebrew. AN time he for to lond gerſen, to ſpeken wið hiſe kinnes men; And ſone he cam in-to ðat lond, A modi ſtiward he ðor fond, 2712 Betende a man wid[255] hiſe wond; ðat ðhugte moyſes michel ſond, He seized the churl, slew him, and buried him in the sand. And hente ðe cherl wið hiſe wond, And he fel dun in dedes bond; 2716 [251] ðoðer? [252] bereð? [253] haueð? [254] MS. ewente. [255] wið? MOSES SLAYS AN EGYPTIAN, And moyſes drug him to ðe ſtrond, And ſtille[256] he dalf hi_m_ [in] ðe ſond; He thought that none had wist it. wende he ðat non egipcien ðat hadde it wiſt, ne ſulde a ſen; 2720 On the second day he saw two men chiding, and reproved them. Til after ðiſ on oðer day, He ſag chiden in ðe wey two egypcienis, modi & ſtrong, ðiſ on wulde don ðe toðer wrong; 2724 And moyſes nam ðer-of kep, And to hemward ſwide[257] he lep, And vndernam hi_m_ ðat it agte awold.