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)
Ledde vt in-to lond canaan;
Of olde abraham and of ſarra bigeten
Dede yſaac, of olde teten; 3480
ðe gaf yſaac so manige ſunen,
ðe Ioſep dede ſo riche wunen;
His word gu wurðe digere[322] al-ſo lif,
Digere[322] or eiðer child or wif. 3484
[Fol. 68.]
Cumeð her forð, and beð alle reken,
And lereð wel q_u_at he ſal ſpeken."
Moses leadeth
the people to the
foot of the
mount.
He ledde hem to ðe muntes fot,
Non but non[323] forðere ne mot, 3488
And on iſ broðer aaron;
God bad hem ðat merke ou_er_-gon;
ðo ſo ſpac god ſo brigt-like,
ðat alle he it herden witt_er_like. 3492
The Ten Commandments.
First Commandment.
LOke ðat ð_u_ god oðer ne make,
Ne oðer ðan me ðat ðu ne take.
for ic am god, gelus and ſtrong,
Min wreche iſ hard, min ðole iſ long. 3496
Third Commandment.
Tac ðu nogt i_n_ idel min name[n],
Ne ſwer it les to fele in gamen,
Ne let ðu nogt min wurðfulhed
for-faren in ðe fendes red. 3500
Fourth Commandment.
Min hali dai ðu halge wel,
An do ðin dede on oðer ſel.
Fifth Commandment.
Wurð ðin fader and moder ſo,
ðat ðu hem drede and helpe do. 3504
[322] = dgere = diere = dere.
[323] ? Nun.
THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.
Sixth Commandment.
Ne ſlo ðu nogt wið hond ne wil,
Ne rend, ne beat nogt wið vn-ſkil;
Help de nedful, ðat he ne be dead
for truke of ðin helpe an[d] read. 3508
Seventh Commandment.
Oc horedom ðat ðu ne do,
Ne wend no lecherie to.
[Fol. 68b.]
Eighth Commandment.
Loke ðe wel ðat ðu ne ſtele,
Ne reflac, ne ðefte, for-hele.[324] 3512
Ninth Commandment.
Falſe witneſſe ðat[325] ðu ne bere,
Ne wið ðe leſe non ma[_n_][326] ne dere.
Tenth Commandment.
Ne giſce ðu nog[t] ðin neſtes ðing,
Huſ, ne agte, ne wif, in ðin giſcing; 3516
For if ðu it gernes and giſſe,
ðu tines vn-ended bliſce."
The Israelites at
the foot of the
mount are in
great dread and
fear.
Ðiſ for-frigted folc figeren ſtod,
dredful, and bleð, and ſori mod; 3520
Herden ðat dredful beames blaſt,
Sogen ðat figer, dred held he_m_ faſt.
ðo ſeiden he to moyſen,
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