Q_u_oðen ðo wiches clerkes(.) "ðiſ fortoken godeſ gaſtes is." for they lacked might to do this. Her hem wantede migt and ſped, to ſwilc ðing cuðen he non red; 2996 ðiſ toknes dede aaron. Pharaoh remained obstinate, God ſente ſiðen hem oðere on, for euere eld ðiſ king on-on, And wernede ðiſ folc vt to gon. 3000 Ðo ſeide god to moyſen, "Go ðu gund pharaon agen; [271] MS. ðede. [272] MS. de. [273] ? un-sile. PLAGUES OF FLIES, BOILS, AND BLAINS, Sei him, if min folc ne mote gon, and was punished by a plague of flies. fleges kin ſal hin ou_er_-gon, 3004 And al hiſ lond to ſorge ten; Oc lond gerſen ne ſal non ben." Then gave he them leave to depart, And ðuſ[274] it was, and al ðiſ ſor Sag pharaun, and dredde hi_m_ ðor. 3008 He gaf hem leue ðo vt to faren wið-ðanne-ðat he to londe ef[t] charen; And moyſes bad meðe here on, and the flight of flies was removed. And ðiſ fleges fligt vt iſ don; 3012 And pharaon wroð[275] herte on hard, And vn-dede hem ðat[276] forward. Moyſes ſpac ſiðen wið gode, Message comes to Pharaoh of a great plague. And he brogte pharaun ðiſ bode; 3016 [Fol. 59.] "To-morgen, bute he mugen vt-pharen, Egyptes erf ſal al for-faren." The murrain among the cattle. He wið-held[277] hem and, al-ſo he it b[e]ad, Al ðe erf of egipt wurð dead; 3020 And get ne migte ðiſ folc vt-gon, ſwilc har[d]neſſe iſ on pharaon. After ðiſ time, it ſo bi-cam, ðat moyſes aſkes up-nam, 3024 The plague of boils and blains. And warpes vt til heuene-ward; ðo wex vn-ſelðe on hem wel hard, dolc, ſor, and blein on erue and man; The sorcerers hid themselves, and would not come before Pharaoh, ðe wicches hidden hem for-ðan, 3028 Bi-foren pharaun nolden he ben, so loathsome were they to look upon. So woren he lodelike on to ſen; At laſt, q_u_an it waſ ou_er_-gon, Hadde moyſes ðo leue non. 3032 Siðen ſente ðe lou_er_d gode,