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

                                
                                  'Habbe ȝe', he seide, 'mo breþren at hom?'
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                                  'Ȝe, louerd', seide Ruben, 'a child þer is at hom
                                
                                  For to gladen oure fader, þat makeþ muche mon
                                
                                  For a sone þat he les & louede so his lif, [folio 9a] 
                                
                                  Ne miȝte him seþþe gladien his child no his wif.'
                                
                                  Hi swore bi þilke louerd þat is heiȝ in heuene,
                                  Line 435 
                                
                                  'More he louede þane sone þan vs alle elleuene.
                                
                                  Þenne seide Iosep, 'Wolle ȝe me ihere,
                                
                                  Ȝif ȝe of Egiþte lond wolleþ faren skere,
                                
                                  Ich ȝou wolle tellen one tidinge,
                                
                                  Ȝe ssule make me siker þat ilke child me bringe.'
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                                  'Louerd,' seide Ruben, 'we ssule ful fain
                                
                                  Beniamin þe bringen & alle comen aȝein
                                
                                  & þi dom þolie when we beþ icome,
                                
                                  Habbe we þe blessinge of oure fader inome.'
                                
                                  Iosep dranc to Ruben mid ful riche win,
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                                  & alle hi pliȝten trouþe to bringe Beniamin.
                                
                                  Feire fareþ þis ȝunge men bi dai & bi niȝt
                                
                                  To here fader Iacob þat hi comen riȝt.
                                
                                  & habbeþ to Iacob al þis corn ibrouȝt:
                                
                                  Nou haþ Beniamin inouȝ þat eror he haþ bisouȝt.
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                                  Iacob of þis corn was swiþe glad:
                                
                                  Nou haþ Beniamin inouȝ þat he er bad.
                                
                                  Iacob of þis corn aboute sende anon
                                
                                  To frendes þat for hunger maden muche mon.
                                
                                  Ac alle þis [þis] MS. hise. Cp. note.]  ten breþren to fote þei beþ ifalle,
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                                  Þe trouþe þat hi pliȝten hi him telleþ alle.
                                
                                  Þo Iacob iherde þis sori tidinge,
                                
                                  Adoun he fel iswowe, his honden he gan wringe.
                                
                                  'A! wher artou, mi deþ, whi neltou me fonge?
                                
                                  Nou mi wrecchede lif ilast al to longe. [folio 9b] 
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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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