On ger ſep oðer on kide hauen; 3140 ðe tende dai it ſulde ben lagt, And ho[l]den in ðe tende nagt, And [slagen] on ðe fowrtende dai; So mikil hird ſo it noten mai, 3144 Ben at euen folc ſum to ſamen, and to be roasted whole. And ilc folc iſ to fode framen, [278] MS. dor-on. [279] MS. me. [280] MS. moned. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST-BORN. [Fol. 61b.] And eten it bred, and non bon breken, None of it is to be taken out of the house. And nogt ðor-of vt huſe wreken, 3148 Oc ſod and girt, ſtondende, and ſtaf on hond, It is to be roasted whole, Ilc man after his owen fond, and eaten with bitter herbs, and unleavened bread. Heued and fet, and in rew mete[n], leſen fro ðe bones and eten, 3152 Wið[281] wriðel and vn-lif bread;" The remainder is to be burnt, and the blood is to be sprinkled upon the door-posts. ðe bi-leuen brennen he bead. "ðe dure-tren and ðe uu_er_ſlagen, wið yſope ðe blod ben dragen; 3156 ðat nigt ſal ben feſt paſche," forð-for, on engle tunge, it be. Vengeance came upon the Egyptians. ON midel ſel, ðat[282] ilc nigt, So cam wreche on egipte rigt; 3160 The first-born of man and beast were slain. Ilc firme bigeten, of erf and man, was ſtoruen on morwen and dead forðan; ðo waſ non biging of al egipte lich-leſ, ſo manige dead ðor kipte.[283] 3164 Pharaoh consented to let Israel go. ðo wurð phara[o]n nede driuen And haueð[284] hem ðane leue giuen; And egipte folc bad hem faren, And ſwiðe a-weiward hem garen. 3168 The Egyptians gave the Hebrews whatever they asked. Q_u_at-ſo he boden, ſrud[285] or ſat, Egipte folc hem lenen ðat; Waſ hem nogt werned ðat he crauen, for here ſwinc-hire he nu hauen; 3172 [Fol. 62.] Gold and ſilu_er_ he hauen vt-brogt,