Joseph is taken from prison, Ioſeph waſ ſone i_n_ priſun ðo hogt, And ſhauen, & clad, & to hi_m_ brogt; 2120 and brought before Pharaoh, ðe king hi_m_ bad ben hardi & bold, If he can rechen ðis dremeſ wold; who related to him his dreams. He told him q_u_at him drempte o nigt, And ioſep rechede his drem wel rigt. 2124 "The two dreams," answered Joseph, "are one." "ðis two dremes boðen ben on, God wile ðe tawnen, king pharaon; ðo .vij. ger ben get to cumen, "Seven years of plenty In al fulſum-hed ſulen it ben numen, 2128 And .vij. oðere ſulen after ben, shall be followed by seven years of famine. Sori and nedful men ſulen iſ ſen; Al ðat ðiſe firſt .vii. maken, Sulen ðiſ oðere .vii. roſpen & raken; 2132 I advise thee to make barns and store up corn, that thy folk perish not." Ic rede ðe king, nu her bi-foren, To maken laðes and gadere_n_ coren, [Fol. 42.] ðat ðin folc ne wurð vnder-numen, Q_u_an ðo hungri gere ben forð-cumen." 2136 King pharaon liſtnede hiſe red, ðat wurð him ſiðen ſeli ſped. Pharaoh gave Joseph his ring, He bi-tagte ioſep hiſ ring, And his bege of gold for wurðing, 2140 and bad him rule the whole land. And bad him al hiſ lond bi-ſen, And under him hegeſt for to ben, And bad him welden in hiſ hond His folc, and agte, & al his lond; 2144 Then were Potiphar and his wife under him. ðo waſ vnder him ðanne putifar, And hiſ wif ðat hem ſo to-bar. Ioſep to wiue his dowter nam, Oðer is nu q_u_an ear bi-cam; 2148 THE FAMINE IN EGYPT AND CANAAN. Before the famine came two sons were born to Joseph. And ghe ðer him two childer bar, Or men wurð of ðat hunger war, first manaſſen and effraym; He luueden god, he geld it hem. 2152