For this reason men ask the woman's will before she is given in marriage. Siðen men hauen holden ſkil, firſt to freinen ðe wi_m_maneſ wil, Or or men hire to lou_er_d giue, for wedding or for morgen-giwe. 1428 Eliezer takes his departure, wishing all a good day. Eliezer iſ went hiſ wei And haueð hem boden godun dai. Or he wel homward cumen was, Yſaac waſ cume to geraſis, 1432 [Fol. 28b.] Isaac mourned for the death of his mother. And wunede ðor in ðogt and care, for moderes dead and ſondes fare. In a weie an time he cam, And to a welle, ſigande, he nam, 1436 ðohgteful he waſ on felde gon; Eliezer him cam a-gon, Eliezer brought him a wife by whom he was comforted. Eððede hiſ ſorge, brogt him a wif Of faiger waspene,[163] of clene lif. 1440 He fagnede hire wið milde mod, Here ſameni[n]g was clene and god; Isaac loved Rebekah well, and she never contradicted him. He luuede hire on-like and wel, And ſge ne bi-ſpac him neu_er_e a del. 1444 [161] _read_ ðe [162] _read_ ðo? [163] An error for wasteme. THE BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB. Men say that Abraham called Hagar Keturah. Get men seyn[164] ðat abraham, ſiðen calde agar ceturam, She bore him seven sons. And ſge bar him ſiðen ſex ſunen; Abraham dede hem ſiðen ſundri wunen; 1448 fer eſt fro cratonidé, Weren he ſpred to ðe rede se. Yſaac he let al hiſ god, for he waſ bi-geten of kinde blod. 1452 Abraham died at the age of 175. An hundred ger hold and ſeuenti And .v. he waſ leid ſarram bi. boðen yſaac and yſmael Him bi-ſtoden wurlike and wel. 1456 Ishmael was 137 years old when he died. On hundred ger and .xxxvij. Liuede yſmael and waſ ðor bi.