He flemede agar and yſmael In ſumertid, In egeſt ſel; 1224 [Fol. 24b.] Bred, and a fetles wið water fild, Bar agar wið hire and wið ðe child; By the desert they took their way. Bi ðe deſert a-wei che nam, In ard weie and hete gram; 1228 Wið ſwinc and hete hem wexon ðriſt, They became very thirsty. ðe water ſleckede ðe childeſ liſt; Tid-like hem gan ðat wat_er_ laken, The water in the bottle became spent. ðo gan agareſ ſorwe waken; 1232 Wantede ðit child faierneſſe and migt, Hiſ moder wurð neg dead for frigt. ABIMELECH COVENANTS WITH ABRAHAM, Hagar placed her child under a tree, Ghe leide ðe child under a tre, fer ðeðen ghe gede, ſo it gan be, 1236 ðe child ne mai ghe for ſorge ſen; Bi al-ſo fer ſo a boge mai ten, and sat as far as a bow-shot off. ðor ſat hiſ moder in ſik and ſor, She thought it could not recover. wende ghe it cou_er_en neu_er_e mor. 1240 Goddeſ merci dede hire reed, An angel showed her a well-spring, An angel meðede hire ðat ned, Tagte hire ðor a welle ſpring, ðat waſ hire ðor ſeli timing; 1244 and she gave the lad drink and bread. ðor ghe gan fremen yſmael Wið watreſ drinc and bredeſ mel, Forth they went and dwelt in Paran. filt hire feteleſ, and na_m_ fro ðan forð to ðe deſert of [150]pharan; 1248 Ishmael married an Egyptian woman. ðor wunede yſmael and agar. Ghe cheſ him a wif ðe childre bar; [Fol. 25.] Twelve sons he had, of whom sprang great nations. .xii. ſuneſ he auede bi hiſ wif, Of him cam kinde mikil and rif. 1252 Nabachot waſ hiſ firſt ſune, In Arabia they dwelt. In arabie hiſ kinde wune fro ðe riche flod eufrate, Wid and fer to ðe rede ſe; 1256