Moses pursued his way alone. And let moyſes forð one ten. He bar hiſe gerde forð in iſ hond, And nam a weie[261] bi deſerd lond; 2852 At Mount Sinai he meets with Aaron. To mount ſynai forð he nam, Aaron hiſe broðer a-gen him cam; Eyðer [h]ere was of oðer fagen; Moyſes him haueð iſ herte[262] vt-dragen, 2856 They come into Egypt. And he ben in-to egypte numen, And a-mong folc ebriſſe ben cumen; Moyſes tolde hem ðat bliðe bode, The people believe them. And let hem ſen tockenes fro gode; 2860 [260] MS. haued. [261] MS. aweie. [262] MS. herðe. GREATER LABOURS ARE LAID UPON THE ISRAELITES. [Fol. 56.] He redden ſamen he ſulden gon wið[263] wiſe men to pharaon. Moses and Aaron come before Pharaoh, "God," he ſeiden, "of iſr_ae_l ðe bode ſente, and greteð wel, 2864 and deliver their message. ðat, bi ði leue, hiſe folc vt-fare, ðre daiges gon and ben ðor gare, In ðe deſerd an ſtede up-on, Hiſ leue ſacrifiſe to don." 2868 Q_u_ad pharaun, "knowe ic[264] hi_m_ nogt, Bi q_u_aſe read haue ge ðiſ ſowt?" Moses says that he is well known to the Egyptians, Seide moyſes, "ic am ſonder man, Egipte folc me knowen can, 2872 for ic am ðat ilc moyſes, having delivered them from the Ethiopians, ðe egypte folc of ſorge les, ðan ethiops woren her cumen; ic warc al ðat ðu was binumen, 2876 And ſwanc and michel ſorwe dreg, and that he brings God's message from Mount Sinai. Get iſt vnſene hu ic it bi-teg? Ic haue ben ſiðen at munt ſyna, Godes bode-wurd bringe ic ðor-fra." 2880 Pharaoh chides Moses, Qvað pharaun, "ðu art min ðral, ðat hidel-like min lond vt-ſtal; Sum ſwike-dom doð it nu ben, ðat ðu beſt cumen nu eft agen; 2884 and declares that the Israelites shall suffer still greater woe. ðiſ folc, ðat ðu wilt me leden fro, ſal ben luken i_n_ more wo."