Ðe ſexte ſuriuren at elim, xij welle-ſpringes weren on him, 3304 An[d] then[303] and ſexti palme tren bi ðo welles men migte ſen; He maden ſiðen, fro elim, and from thence to Sin. Mani ſuriuren in ðe deſert ſin. 3308 Bi-twen elim and ſinay, Bread fails them. bred wantede, hem was wo forði; ðat was on ðe ðrittiðe[304] dai, ðat here wei fro egypte lay, 3312 ðor he woren hungur for-dred; They murmur against Moses. "Ille," he ſeiden, "haue we ſped, Bet uſ were in egipte ben, Bred and fles ðer[305] we muwen ſen." 3316 Moyſes wurð war ðe folc was wroð, And here gruching ðo god was loð. "ſtille," q_u_að he, "and on-dreg, Godeſ fulſum-hed iſ gu ful neg." 3320 God sends them a flight of fowls, At euen cam a fugel-fligt, fro-ward arabie to hem rigt; ðor migte eu_er_ilc man fugeles taken, So fele so he wulden raken; 3324 [300] MS. aſkie. [301] _read_ marach. [302] _read_ wlach. [303] ten? [304] MS. ðrittide. [305] MS. der. THE MIRACULOUS FALL OF MANNA. and on the morrow a dew, On morgen fel hem a dew a-gein. firſt he wenden it were a rein, knewen he nogt ðiſ dewes coſt; like rime frost; It lai ðor, q_u_it als a rim[306] froſt, 3328 "Man-hu," said they, wherefore they called it Manna. He ðe it ſogen,[307] ſeiden, "man hu," Manna for-ði men clepeð it nu. [Fol. 65.] Q_u_ad moyſes, "loc! her nu [iſ] bread, Ille gruching iſ[308] gu for-bead." 3332 A met ðor was, it het Gomor, Each man gathered an omer of it before the sun shone, Ilc man iſ he bead, and nu_n_mor, Hi_m_ gaderen or ðe ſunne-ſine, Elles he ſulden miſſen hine. 3336 for it melted at the sunshine. for it malt at ðe ſunne-ſine, Oc oðer fir for-hadede hine. When ground and made into bread, it tasted like wafers made with honey. To duſt he it grunden and maden bread, ðat huni and olies ðef he bead; 3340 Q_u_o-ſo nome up forbone mor, it wirmede, bredde, and rotede ðor.