"In three days," said Joseph, "thou shalt be hanged, and fowls shall tear thy flesh in pieces." ðu ſalt, after ðe ðridde dei, ben do on rode, weila-wei! 2088 And fugeles ſulen ði fleis to-teren, ðat ſal non agte mugen ðe weren." Soð wurð ſo ioſeph ſeide ðat, The butler soon forgat Joseph. ðis buteler Ioſeph ſone for-gat. 2092 After two years, Two ger ſiðen was Ioſeph ſperd ðor in p_ri_ſun wið-uten erd; Pharaoh dreamt a dream. Ðo drempte pharaon king a drem, He stood by the river, and there came seven "neat" fat and great, and seven lean after, ðat he ſtod bi ðe flodes ſtrem, 2096 And ðeden[212] ut-comen .vii. neet, Eu_er_ilc wel ſwiðe fet and gret, And .vii. lene after ðo, ðe deden ðe .vii. fette wo, 2100 which ate up the fat ones. ðe lene hauen ðe fette freten; ðiſ drem ne mai ðe king for-geten. An oðer drem cam hi_m_ bi-foren, Seven full ears of corn sprang up "on a rank bush," and then came seven withered ears, .vii. eares wexen fette of coren, 2104 On an busk ranc and wel tidi, And .vii. lene rigt ðor-bi, welkede, and ſmale, and drugte numen, ðe ranc he hauen ðo ou_er_-cumen, 2108 [Fol. 41b.] which smote the others to the ground. To-ſamen it ſmiten and, on a ſtund, ðe fette ðriſt hem to ðo grund. ðe king abraid and woc in ðhogt, ðeſ dremes ſwep ne wot he nogt, 2112 [212] ðeðen? WHICH IS INTERPRETED BY JOSEPH. None were found able to interpret the dreams. Ne was non ſo wis man i_n_ al hiſ lond, ðe kude vn-don ðis dremes bond; The butler bethought him of Joseph. ðo him bi-ðhogte ðat buteler Of ðat him drempte in p_ri_ſun ðer, 2116 And of ioſeph in ðe priſun, And he it tolde ðe king pharaun.