[Fol. 43.] Quoth Joseph, "Ye shall not all go hence, until ye bring me Benjamin." "Nu, bi ðe feið ic og to king pharaon, ſule ge nogt alle eðen gon, 2188 Til ge me bringen beniamin, ða gungeſte broðer of pore[215] kin." For ðo waſ Ioſep ſore for-dred ðat he wore oc ðhurg hem for-red; 2192 He dede hem binden, and leden dun, He kept them in prison, and on the third day let them all go except Simeon. And ſperen faſte in his priſun; ðe ðridde dai he let hem gon, Al but ðe ton broðer ſymeon; 2196 ðiſ ſymeon bi-lef ðor in bond, To wedde under Ioſepes hond. ðes oðere breðere, ſone on-on, Token leue and wenten hom; 2200 The others bemoaned their ill-luck. And ſone he weren ðeden[216] went, Wel ſore he hauen hem bi-ment, And ſeiden hem ðan ðor bi-twen, They thought of their sin towards Joseph. "Wrigtful we in ſorwe ben, 2204 for we ſinigeden q_u_ilu_m_ or On hure broðer michil mor, for we werneden him merci, Nu drege we ſorge al for-ði." 2208 Wende here non it on hiſ mod, Oc Ioſep al it under-ſtod. Joseph's men did, meanwhile, as they were commanded, Ioſepes men ðor q_u_iles deden Al-ſo Ioſep hem adde beden; 2212 [Fol. 43b.] and filled the brothers' sacks, and placed in them the money paid for the corn. ðo breðere ſeckes hauen he filt, And in eu_er_ilc ðe ſilu_er_ pilt ðat ðor was paid for ðe coren, And bunden ðe muðes ðor bi-foren; 2216 Oc ðe breðere ne wiſte_n_ it nogt Hu ðis dede wurðe wrogt; [215] gure? [216] ðeðen? BENJAMIN IS TAKEN TO EGYPT. Unopened they brought them to Jacob and told him how they had sped. Oc alle he weren ou_er_-ðogt, And hauen it ſo to iacob brogt, 2220 And tolden him ſo of here ſped, And al he it liſtnede i_n_ frigtihed;