fro euerilc ðor crep a dragun; 2924 Oc moyſes wirm hem alle ſmot, Moses's serpent bit off their heads. And here aldre heuedes he of bot; ðog deden wicheſ ðo men to ſen On oðere wiſe or ſoðe ben; 2928 for ðo fendes or he[m] bi-foren Hadden ðo neddres ðider boren; [266] At the bottom of this page is the catchword—"Qua_n_ne he ðat bodewurd." [267] MS. dat; see the catchword. THE WATERS ARE TURNED INTO BLOOD. Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go. And pharaon ſtirte up a-non, And for-bed ðiſ folc to gon. 2932 ÐO ſeide moyſes to araon, "Q_u_at redeſ tu, broder, ſule wit don? ðiſ king him his[268] wel wiðer-ward Agen ðis folc, and herte hard; 2936 Moses and Aaron again came before Pharaoh. Go we and ſpeken wið hem get, And fonden wið ðiſ token bet." [Fol. 57b.] And ſo deden [he] ſone a-non, And comen bi-foren pharaon, 2940 Quad aaron, "nu ſaltu ſen Q_u_ilc godes migtful ſtrengðes ben." Aaron smote on the flood with his wand; He ſmot on ðat flod wið ðat wond, soon anon it became blood, Sone anon blod men al it fond; 2944 and the fish in it died. And ðe fiſſes, in al ðat blod read, floten a-buuen and wurðeden dead; In every well and pool blood was found, In eu_er_ilc welle, in eu_er_ilc trike, men funden blod al witterlike, 2948 except in Goshen. But-if it were in ðe lond gerſen, ðor-inne woree[269] ðe ebriſſe men. ðis wreche, in al egypte rigt, This plague lasted seven nights. Leſtede fulle ſeuene nigt; 2952 ðo waſ ðiſ king ſumdel for-dred, Pharaoh then promised that the Hebrews should depart. And het he_m_ he ſulden vt ben led; And moyſes ðiſ pine vn-dede, And water wurð on blodeſ ſtede. 2956 When the plague was removed he would not release them.