[Fol. 80b.] No man ever found his body. ðer non man ſiðen it ne fond, In to lef reſte hiſ ſowle wond. 4136 Ebrius ſeigen, ðuſ waſ bi-tid, It was thus hid, ðat moyſes waſ hem ðuſ hid, for, migten he finden ðe ſtede, that the people might not afterwards worship it. Q_u_or engel-wird hiſ liche dede, 4140 fele ſulden him leuen on, And leten god; ðat were miſ-don. [391] MS. haued. [392] MS. beð beð agt. [393] MS. goð. MAY GOD SHIELD US FROM HELL'S NIGHT! Ydolatrie, ðat waſ hem lef, ofte vt-wrogte he_m_ ſorges dref. 4144 Although Moses was 120 years old, MOyſes iſ faren, on elde told fulle ſex ſcore winter old; yet his eyesight remained bright, and every tooth was "by tale right." And ðog hi_m_ leſtede hiſe ſigte brigt, And eu_er_ilc toð bi tale rigt. 4148 .xxx. daiges wep iſrael for hiſ dead(.) and bi-ment it wel. Such a prophet in Israel rose none. Swilc p_ro_phete i_n_ folc of iſrael Roſ non, ne ſpac wið god ſo wel; 4152 Eſdras iſ witneſſe of [hiſ] ſage, He was wel wiſ of ðe olde lage. Beseech we now God's might, Bi-ſeke we nu godes migt, ðat he make ure ſowles brigt, 4156 that he shield us from Hell's night, And ſhilde us fro elles nigt, And lede us to bliſſe and i_n_-to ligt; In ſwilc ðewes lene[394] us to cumen,[395] ðurg q_u_at we ben to liue numen, 4160 [Fol. 81.] and bring us all into bliss. Amen! And in-to bliſſe wið ſeli men; Wið muð and herte ſey we, Amen! EXPLICIT LIBer EXOD_US_. [394] ? leue. [395] MS. cunen. NOTES. P. 1. ll. 1-2 _Man og to luuen ðat rimes ren, ðe Wisseð wel ðe logede men._ _og_, another form of _agh_, = _ow_ = ought. _ren_ = _run_ = _rune_, song, story. "Nalde ha nane _runes_ Ne nane luue _runes_ leornen ne lustnen."—(St. Kath. 108.)