Qvað god, "q_u_or-at calles ðu me? Hold up ðin gerde to ðe ſe And del it ſo on ſundri del, ðat gu ben garknede weigeſ wel." 3240 Moses did so. ðo moyſes helde up hiſ hond, A wind blew the sea from the sand, A wind blew ðe ſe fro ðe ſond; On twel[fe] doles delt iſt ðe ſe, and twelve thoroughfares were made for the people. xii. weiges ðer-in ben faiger and fre, 3244 ðat eu_er_ilc kinde of iſrael Mai ðor hiſ weige finden wel. The water stood up as a wall on both sides. ðe water up-ſtod, ðurg godes migt, On twinne half, alſo a wal up-rigt; 3248 Moyſes bad hem, alſo he ben boren, ðe eldeſt kindes gon bi-foren; [Fol. 63b.] Moses went first, and then the men of Judah. Oc moyſes gede in bi-foren, And ðo ðe kinde of iuda boren; 3252 On and on kin, alſ herte he_m_ cam, ðat folc ilc in his weige nam; [295] ? he no-gate THE EGYPTIAN HOSTS ARE DROWNED. A cloud went before them. Bi-foren he_m_ fleg an ſkige brigt ðat nigt he_m_ made ðe weige ligt; 3256 Egiptes folc gunnen ðiſ ſen, Pharaoh pursued the Israelites, And wenden ðat he wode ben. Ðis bode herde king pharaon And him ðuhte ſellic ðer-on, 3260 Garkede his hird & after nam, and to the Red Sea he came. And to ðe ſe bi nigte he cam; In went this host after the king. In ferde ðiſ hird after ðiſ king, And ðo ſprong ðe daieni_n_g. 3264 ðhunder, and leuene, and rein ðor-mong God ſente on ðat hird, ſtið and ſtrong; Some were for going back. ðo quoðen he, "wende we a-gen, An[d] iſrael folc lete we ben." 3268 ðor-q_u_iles ben ðo kinges[296] cumen The Israelites reached the land, Ou_er_, and hauen ðe londes numen; Egipcienes woren i_n_ twired wen q_u_eðer he ſulden folgen or flen; 3272 And moyſes ſtod up-on ðe ſond, and God bade Moses stretch his rod over the sea.