Ioseph ſolde ðe breðere ten, for .xxx. plates to ðe chapmen; 1956 Get waſt bettre he ðuſ waſ ſold, dan[203] he ðor ſtorue i_n_ here wold. Reuben came thither again and found Joseph gone. Ðan r_u_ben cam ðider a-gen, to ðat ciſt_er_neſſe[204] he ran to ſen; 1960 He miſſed Ioseph and ðhogte ſwem, Great was his outcry, which did not cease until he was assured that Joseph lived. wende him ſlagen, ſet up an rem; Nile he blinnen, ſwilc ſorwe he cliued, Til him he ſweren ðat he liued. 1964 ðo nomen he ðe childes ſrud, ðe iacob hadde mad im[205] i_n_ prud; Joseph's coat was dipt in kid's blood, In kides blod he wenten it, ðo waſ ðor-on an rewli lit. 1968 Sondere men he it leiden on, [199] cisterneſſe? [200] _he_ is inserted in the later hand. [201] wið? [202] ðor? [203] ðan? [204] MS. cift_er_neſſe. [205] madim in MS. WHO SELL HIM TO POTIPHAR, AN EGYPTIAN. and sent to Jacob at Hebron. And ſenten it iacob i_n_-to ebron, And ſhewed it hi_m_, and boden hi_m_ ſen If hiſ childes wede it migte ben; 1972 Senten him bode he funden it. ðo iacob ſag dat[206] ſori writ, "Evil beasts," said Jacob, "have swallowed my son." He gret, and ſeide ðat "wilde der Hauen min ſune ſwolgen her." 1976 Long was his lamentation and sorrow. Hiſ cloðes rent, in haigre ſrid, Long grot and ſorge is hi_m_ bi-tid. [Fol. 39.] His ſunes comen him to ſen, And hertedin him if it migte ben; 1980 Jacob would not be comforted for the loss of Joseph. "Nai! nai!" q_u_at he, "helped it nogt, Mai non herti_n_g on me ben wrogt; ic ſal ligten til helle dale, And groten ðor min ſunes bale." 1984 In hell was a separate abode where the righteous rested, (ðor was in helle a ſundri ſtede, wor ðe ſeli folc reſte dede; ðor he ſtunden til helpe cam,