ðan pharaon wurð war ðis bot, ðiſ folc of londe funde_n_ ne mot; Iannes and mambres, wicheſ wod, Him ðhugte he maden water blod; 2960 Mad sorcerers misled the king. It waſ on fendes wiſe wrogt, for to bi-tou_r_nen[270] ðe kingeſ ðogt. Moyſes lerede god, ſpac hi_m_ mide, Al ðat iſ broðer aaron dede. 2964 [Fol. 58.] Eft he comen to pharaon, And he wernede ðiſ folc ut-gon. [268] _read_ is. [269] woren? [270] MS. bitou_er_en. THE PLAGUES OF FROGS AND GNATS. Aaron held up his hand towards the water, and up came a host of frogs. And aaron held up his hond, to ðe water and ðe more lond; 2968 ðo cam ðor up ſwilc froſkes here ðe dede[271] al folc egipte dere; Some were wild and some tame. Su_m_me woren wilde, and ſu_m_me tame, And ðo hem deden ðe[272] moſte ſame; 2972 Some crept into houses, drink, meat, and bed. In huſe, in drinc, in metes, in bed, It cropen and maden hem for-dred; Some died and stank. Su_m_me ſtoruen and gouen ſtinc, And vn-hileden mete and drinc; 2976 Tadpoles, frogs, and toads afflicted Egypt's folk. Polheuedes, and froſkes, & podes ſpile Bond harde egipte folc [273]in ſile. ðiſ king bad moyſes and aaron, ðat he ſulden god bone don; 2980 The frogs died, And ſone ſo moyſes bad iſ bede, ðiſ wirmes ſtoruen in ðe ſtede; but the king forbad the departure of the Hebrews. And q_u_ane ðe king wurð war ðis dead, Anon ðis folc fore he for-bead. 2984 Ðe ðridde wreche dede aaron Bi-foren ðe king pharaon; The third plague of gnats, small to look at, but sharp in biting. He ſmot wið ðat gerde on ðe lond, And gnattes hird ðor ðicke up-wond, 2988 ſmale to ſen, and ſarp on bite, In al egypte fleg ðiſ ſmite. [Fol. 58b.] And ðo dede men and herf wo, Anger and tene, ſorge and wo. 2992 The sorcerers said, "This is token of God's ghost,"