God's message to Pharaoh. bi moyſes, to ðiſ king bode; "for-ði lete ic ðe king her ben, Men ſal, ðurg ðe, mi_n_ migte ſen, 3036 And knowen ſal ben, ðe to un-frame, In eu_er_ilc lond min migte name. [274] MS. duſ. [275] worð? [276] MS. dat. [277] MS. wid-held. HAIL-STORM, AND GRASSHOPPERS. He threatens the king with hail-storm. ſwilc hail was her or neuere nomen So ſal ðiſ ſel to-morgen cumen; 3040 Do men and erue in huſe ben, If ðu wilt more hem liues ſen." [Fol. 59b.] ðo men, ðe weren in eige and dred, ben borwen, and erue, ðurg ðiſ red. 3044 On the morrow came thunder, hail, and lightning. O morgen, al ſwilc time al ſir, ðhunder, and hail, and leuenes fir, Cam wel vnghere; al ðat it fond It slew many men, broke down trees, grass, and corn. Bergles, it ſloge i_n_ ðat lond; 3048 Treeſ it for-brac, and greſ, and corn, ðat waſ up-ſprungen ðor bi-foren; Oc ðe ebrius in lond gerſen ne derede it, coren, ne erf, ne men; 3052 ðo ſeide ðe folc to pharaon, The Egyptians beseech Moses to remove this plague. "Nu ic wot we haue miſ-don; Moyſes, do ðiſ weder charen, And gu ſal [ic] leten ut-faren." 3056 Moyſes gede vt, helde up iſ hond, And al ðiſ vnweder ðor atwond, The storm ceased, And wurð ðiſ weder ſone al ſtille, And al after ðe kinges wille. 3060 but though the weather was soft, the king's heart was hard. ðiſ weder iſ ſofte, And ðiſ king hard, And brekeð hi_m_ eft ðat forward. MOyſes ſiðen, and aaron, Then said Moses, Seiden bi-foren pharaon, 3064 "To-morrow shall the grasshoppers come into the land." "To-morgen ſulen greſſeoppes cumen, And ðat ail ða bileaf ſal al ben numen; So ſal ðin hardneſſe ben wreken, ðat men ſulen longe ðor-after ſpeken." 3068 [Fol. 60.] "Goð vt," q_u_að he, "red ic ſal taken, And gu ſiðen i ſal anſwer maken."