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

                                
                                  He brouȝtem to þe castel ase he hem bihet,
                                
                                  & spac wiþ þe porter in þat he hem let.
                                
                                  Hi seyen in þe castel mani riche þing,
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                                  & Iosep sitten in halle, such hit were a king.
                                
                                  Ac if hi wenden Iosep þer for to sen,
                                
                                  Leuere hem were alle at hom on hunger ded to ben.
                                
                                  Alle þese ten breþren comen into þe halle,
                                
                                  Tofore Ioseppes fet akne hi valleþ alle.
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                                  'Ariseþ vp', seide Iosep, 'Sitte ȝe nouȝt akne,
                                
                                  Ac telleþ me wel feire wat ȝoure wille be.'
                                
                                  'From Ierusalem', quod Ruben, 'we beþ hider icome,
                                
                                  Let sullen vs corn, louerd, for Godes loue [folio 8a] 
                                
                                  Old man is oure fader & corn naþ he non,
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                                  For muchel one nede we beþ hider igon.'
                                
                                  Þenne seide Iosep, such hit were his gome,
                                
                                  'Wat is', he seide, 'ȝoure faderes nome?'
                                
                                  'Vre fader heiȝte Iacob, vre moder Rachel.'
                                
                                  Mid þat ilke worde he knew hem ful wel.
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                                  Þo Iosep iherde þat his fader was aliue,
                                
                                  Nas neuere for his fader child also bliþe.
                                
                                  He goþ into þe boure & wepeþ for blisse,
                                
                                  Sore he is alonged his breþren to kisse.
                                
                                  Iosep cam into halle, þe water he lette bringe,
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                                  & halde to here honden mid his wite vingres.
                                
                                  Feire beþ þis ȝunge men iserued þilke niȝt
                                
                                  Of mete ne of drinke trukede hem no wiȝt.
                                
                                  Iosep ful riche win lette to him bringe,
                                
                                  & so he bad þis children on Ebrewisse singe.
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                                  & so hi sungen alle ase Iosep hem bad,
                                
                                  Seþþe he cam into Egipte nas Iosep so glad.
                                
                                  Al of rede wete here assen he lette seme,
                                
                                  For to meten here corn nam he none ȝeme.

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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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