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

                                
                                  Leuedis of boure & maidenes fre
                                
                                  Comen into þe strete Iosep to ise.
                                
                                  Ac þer þuȝte muche wonder mani a moder sone,
                                  Line 155 
                                
                                  Hem þuȝte hit was an angel from heuene icome.
                                
                                  Ful sone þe tiding of Iosep hit sprong
                                
                                  To Putifar þe stiward of Egipte lond.
                                
                                  Putifar þe stiward þider he is icome,
                                
                                  & in his ferade mani a kniȝtes sone.
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                                  So sone so þe stiward on Iosep bihuld,
                                
                                  He liȝte of his stede, his mantel he vnfuld,
                                
                                  Cofre he lette vnlouke & gold casten out anon, [folio 4a] 
                                
                                  Sone he bouȝte Iosep of þis chapmon.
                                
                                  More þen he axede for Iosep he ȝaf,
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                                  & seþþen on his stede wel feire he him haf.
                                
                                  Nou lete we Iosep ride, God ssilde him from care,
                                
                                  & vte we speken of Iacob his fader, hou he fare.
                                
                                  Nou he sit in halle, Iacob þe elde man,
                                
                                  & his sones ten from [MS.fron.]  felde comeþ hom,
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                                  & Ioseppes curtel hi bringeþ al blodi,
                                
                                  Þo Iacob hit gan biholde iwis he was sori.
                                
                                  Þo he sauȝ his kurtel ispreind al wiþ blod,
                                
                                  Nas neuere for his child fader so sorimod.
                                
                                  Adoun he fel iswowe & tar his hore loc,
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                                  Þe moder feng to renden hire neb & hire smoc.
                                
                                  Euer seide þe moder, 'Wo is me a liue,
                                
                                  For mi sone Iosep be ich neuere bliþe.'
                                
                                  Euere seide Iacob, 'Iosep is islawe,
                                
                                  Oþer summe luþere deres habbeþ him todrawe.'
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                                  Þider comen manie of fremede & o kinne
                                
                                  For to gladen Iacob, ac his sones hadden sinne.
                                
                                  Woso seye Iacob his sorinesse lede,

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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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