Iacob and Iosep; a middle English poem of the thirteenth century, ed. by Arthur S. Napier.

                                
                                  Nime we & quellen þis ilke hinderling,
                                
                                  & lokeþ wat him ssal helpe þerafter his meting.'
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                                  He cam to his breþren & grettem eueruchon;
                                
                                  Hi þencheþ al an oþer, & gripeþ him anon.
                                
                                  Quellen him hi wolleþ, nou hi him habbeþ inome,
                                
                                  Ac Ruben, þat o broþer, he spac atte frome,
                                
                                  'A dep pet is her bisides þat water er þis in stod;
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                                  Worpeþ þerinne Iosep, ssende we nouȝt oure blod,'
                                
                                  (Iosep for to helpe Ruben spac þis tale)
                                
                                  'Ȝif we þis child aquelleþ, hit beþ oure fader bale.'
                                
                                  His fader him ȝaf a kurtel þat rum was & wid,
                                
                                  Wel hit bicam þe child, hit was him fotsid.
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                                  Hi strupten of þe curtel, of swere & of chin,
                                
                                  Al naked in þe pette hi worpen þat child in.
                                
                                  Ac Ruben, þat o broþer, þenne he is igo,
                                
                                  Ne miȝte he for reuþe atte pette be þo.
                                
                                  Þis oþre sitteþ bisides & foþ on here mete,
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                                  Þencheþ hi neiþer of serewe ne of hete.
                                
                                  Iosep sit in pette mid ful sori mod,
                                
                                  His breþren lawȝeþ loude, þat gamen hem þinkeþ god.
                                
                                  Nou Iosep sit in pette & wringeþ his honde. [folio 3a] 
                                
                                  A wey, þat bitwene breþren ssal be þus muchel onde!
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                                  Nou drawen him vp hi wolleþ, & quellen him atte frome,
                                
                                  Þenne seien hi bisides twei riche chapmen come.
                                
                                  Vrom a lond hi comen, Galaad ihoten is,
                                
                                  Mid here assen isemed of fer & of gris.
                                
                                  Of stor & of spices þei ladden grete male
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                                  Into Egipte lond to sullen hit to sale.
                                
                                  Þenne spac him Iuda, he spac atte frome,
                                
                                  'Wolle we sullen Iosep þis chapmen þat here come?
                                
                                  Fer into Egypte lond hi him wolleþ lede,
                                
                                  Þenne worþ his sweuen eþ to arede.'

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Title: Iacob and Iosep; a middle English poem of the thirteenth century, ed. by Arthur S. Napier.
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Publication: Oxford,: Clarendon press,; 1916.

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