The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.
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The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.
Bible. Exodus -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry; Bible. Genesis -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry; Christian poetry, English (Middle)
God's message by
Moses unto the
people out of the
mount.
for iſ here ðhogt nogt me for-holen;
'If ye liſten lefful to me,
Ic wile min folc owen be.'" 3448
And moyſes tolde ðiſ iſrael,
And him heten eu_er_ilc del,
ðat hem bideð, ſulen he don.
God dede moyſes ðiſ bodeword on, 3452
The people are to
be prepared
against the third
day.
"Clenſe ðiſ folc wel ðiſ to daiges,
And bidde hem leden clene la[i]ges;
Abute ðiſ munt ðu merke make,[319]
If erf or man ðor-one take, 3456
The mountain
must not be
touched.
It dead ðolen, wið ſtones ſlagen,
Or to dead wið goren dragen;
[Fol. 67b.]
ðiſ frig[t]ful [folc] ðus a-biden,
Q_u_iles ðiſ daiges for[ð] ben gliden." 3460
On the third day
there were thunders
and lightning
and a thick
cloud upon the
mount.
Ðe ðridde daiges morge q_u_ile,
ðunder and leuene made ſpile,
On ðiſ munt ſtod, and ſkies caſt,
And dinede an migtful hornes blast; 3464
Smoke up reeked
and the mount
quaked.
Smoke up-rekeð and munt q_u_akeð,
Slep ðor non ðe[320] ðane up-wakeð;
Ai was moſes one in ðis dine,
ðiſ folc wende haue_n_ for-loren hine;[321] 3468
[318] ? tauneð.
[319] MS. made.
[320] MS. de.
[321] MS. hi_m_ine.
MOSES RECEIVES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
Oc he cam faiger and fer him to,
Moses addresses
the people.
And gan wið hem ſpeken ſo;
"Ilc gure wel in herte mune,
Ne iſt nogt moyſes, amrame ſune, 3472
He reminds them
of their deliverance
from the
Egyptians,
ðe ge ſulen to dai here ſpeken;
Oc he ðe ſlog, gu for to wreken,
Egypte, an weige made in ðe se,
And let adam fonden ðe tre 3476
ðe noe barg, and abraham
and of God's
kindness to their
ancestors, to
Abraham, to
Isaac, and Joseph.
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