ISHMAEL IS BORN. CIRCUMCISION IS INSTITUTED. And he ſulde ben man migti, And of him kumen folc frigti; 984 Hagar returns, and Ishmael is born. Ghe wente agen, and bar ðat child, And abra_m_ wurð wið hire milde. Abram was then fourscore and six years old. lxxx. gere and ſexe mo Hadde ab_ra_m on hiſ elde ðo, 988 And .xiii. ger ðor after told, When Abram was ninety-nine years old God changed his name to Abraham. ix. and nigneti[137] ger he waſ old, [Fol. 20.] Q_u_uanne him cam bode in ſunder run, fro gode of circumcicioun. 992 His name ðo wurð a lettre mor, Hiſ wiueſ leſſe ðan it waſ or, for ðo wurd abram abraham, Sarai's name is also changed to Sarah. And ſarray ſarra bi-cam; 996 And al ðat eu_er_e ðe lou_er_ed bad, dede abraham redi and rad. Circumcision is instituted. He him ſelf wurð ðanne circu_m_ciſ, And yſmael hiſ ſune iwiſ; 1000 And of iſ hird eu_er_ilc wapman wurð circu_m_ciſ, al-so he it bi-gan, Whoso bore not this mark upon him was to be cut off from God's folk. Q_u_uo ne bar ðanne iſ merk him on fro godes folc ſulde he be don. 1004 Afterwards in the dale of Mamre Abraham saw figures three, seemly messengers from God. Siðen, in ðe dale of mambre, ſag abraha_m_ figures ðre, Sondes ſemlike kumen fro gode; Abraha_m_ he broghten wel bliðe bode. 1008 Abraha_m_ he[m] ran wel ſwiðe agon, Abraham entertains the angels. And of ðe ðre he wurðede ðe ton, ðe god him dede in herte ſen, ðe waſ wurði wurðed to ben; 1012 He set before them calves flesh, bread and flour and butter. bred, kalueſ fleiſ, and flures bred, And buttere, hem ðo sondes bed;