The wrong-doer thus answered him, And he him anſwerede modi & bold; 2728 "Moses, who made thee master? "Meiſter(.) moyſes, q_u_o haueð ðe mad? ðu art of dede and o word to rad. [Fol. 53b.] We know well how yesterday one was slain and hid. we witen wel q_u_at iſ bi-tid, Q_u_uow giſter-dai waſ ſlagen and hid; 2732 ðe bode iſ cumen to pharaun,[258] Soon shall thy pride fall down." Get ſal ðin pride fallen dun." Then Moses fled Ðo bi-thowte him moyſes, And his weige ðeðen ches; 2736 ðurg ðe deſerd a-wei he nam, and came to Midian, And to burge madian he cam, And ſette hi[m] ðor vten ðe town, where dwelt Jethro, Bi a welle ðo ſprong ðor dun. 2740 Raguel Ietro ðat riche man, Was wuniende in madian, who had seven daughters. He hadde ſeuene dowtreſ bi-geten; ðor he comen water to feten, 2744 These maidens took care of cattle. And for to wattren here ſep; (Wimmen ðo nomen of here erf kep, Pride was not so great then as now. Pride ne cuðe bi ðat dai Nogt ſo michel ſo it nu mai). 2748 Hirdes wulden ðe maidenes deren, Moses helped the maidens to water the flocks. Oc moyſes ðor hem gan weren, And wattrede here erue eu_er_ilc on, And dede hem tidelike to tune gon; 2752 [256] MS. ſtalle, _corrected to_ ſtille. [257] ſwiðe? [258] MS. pharaum. AND FLEES INTO MIDIAN. And ben ſone hom numen; They told their father And b[i]foren here fader cumen, And gunen him ðore tellen, [Fol. 54.] how a young man at the well had protected them. Hu a gunge man, at te welle[n], 2756 ðewe and wurſipe hem dede; Jethro sent after him and kept him in his house,