ðo moyſes tolde he_m_ and aaron, ðan [h]e gunnen fro egipte gon. Vten ioſue and caleph, Alle elles he driuen i_n_ deades weph; 4096 Alle ðiſe wapmen ðor[389] god let liwen, ðe lond hoten ſal hem ben giuen. God moyſes clepede and q_u_ad to him, Moses being told of his death, "ſtig hege up to munt Abarim, 4100 And ic ſal don ðe ðeðen[390] ſen ðe lond ðe ſal ðiſ folc[e]s ben; ðer ðu ſalt ben of werlde numen. In to ðat lond ſalt ðu nogt cumen." 4104 "Lou_er_d, m_er_ci!" q_u_ad moyſes, intreats God not to let the people be "helpless." "Let ðu ðin folc nogt helpe-les, And good let oc ðu he_m_ bi-ſe, Alſwilc alſ hem bi-hu[f]lik bee." 4108 [387] MS. oder. [388] MS. ðagen. [389] MS. dor. [390] MS. ðeden. MOSES DIES IN MOAB. [Fol. 80.] Joshua is appointed to succeed him. God hem andſwerede, "ioſue Ic wile ben loder-man aft_er_ ðe; Tac him bi-foren eleazar, ðat al ðin folc wurð war, 4112 And ðine hondes ley him on, Sey him on ðin ſtede to gon." Alſ it is boden, alſo he dede, Ioſue wurð ſet on hiſe ſtede. 4116 When Moses was on Abarim, God showed him the promised land. Ðo moyſes was on abarim, ðat lond hoten god tawned him. ðor q_u_iles him leſten liue dages, Hiſ he tagte leue lages, 4120 Moses' song, setting forth God's vengeance And writen hem, haueð[391] iſ hem bitagt, Bute-if he iſ loken he_m_ beð agt,[392] Erðe and heuene he wittneſſe tooc, And wrot an canticle on ðat booc, 4124 upon those who would not serve Him truly. ðat ðreated ðo men bitter-like ðe god ne ſeruen luue-like. ðo .xii. twelue kinderedes, on and on, The blessings of the twelve tribes. He gaf bliſcing bi-leue gon; 4128 At munt nemboc on ðat knol faſga, Wane he was ſtigen ðeðen ðoa, Sag ðe lond of p_ro_miſſion, ðurg god[393] hi_m_ was ſiðen ðat on. 4132 Moses dies in Moab, and is buried by angels' hands. ðer he ſtarf i_n_ne. ðe moab lond, His bodi was biried wið angeles hond,