The Egyptians advise the king to let the Israelites go. Qvað ðiſ folc, "bet_er_ iſt laten he_m_ vt-pharen, Al ſal egipte elles for-faren." 3072 Pharaoh is at first inclined to let them go, He calde hem in; q_u_ad pharaon, "Q_u_ilc ben ðo ðe ſulen vt-gon?" PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS AND DARKNESS. Q_u_að moyſes, "but alle wapmen, wið erf, and childre, and wimmen." 3076 but would only grant permission to the men. "Hu! haue ge wrong," q_u_ad pharaon, "Gu wapmen giue Ic leue to gon; Of erf and wimmen leue ic nogt, Ear one of wapmen waſ bi-ſogt." 3080 Ef[t] ðiſ andſwere, ben vt-gon moyſes forð and aaron; Moses held up his hand, and a southern wind uprose, MOyſes held up hiſ hond, A ſuðen wind iſ flig[t] up-wond, 3084 And blew ðat day and al ðat nigt And brogte egipte an newe figt; which brought the locusts. ðiſ wind hem brogte ðe ſkipperes, He deden on greſ and coren deres. 3088 Then was the king full of woe, ðat lond was ful, and ðiſ king wo, He ſente after ðe breðere ðo. Q_u_ad pharaon, "ic haue miſ-numen, and besought Moses to turn from them the evil. Wreche iſ on vs wið rigte cumen; 3092 Bi-ſek get god, ðis one ſiðe, ðat he vs of ðiſ pine friðe." [Fol. 60b.] A western wind took away the locusts. And ſo [he] dede, and on wind cam fro weſten, and ðo opperes nam, 3096 And warpes ou_er_ in-to ðe ſe; ðo pharaun ſag iſ lond al fre, Pharaoh broke his covenant. Hiſ herte ðo wurð ðwert and hard, And al he brac hem [ðat] forward. 3100 MOyſes ſiðen held up iſ hond, The plague of thick darkness. And ðhikke ðherkneſſe ca_m_ on ðat lond, ðat migte non egipcien Abuten hi_m_ for mirkneſſe ſen; 3104 Manige ðor ſorge on liue bead, Many died from fear. And manige weren rewlike dead; Q_u_or-ſo ðe folc waſ of yſrael,