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CAP. XXXVIII.

[verse 1] Forsothe [Certis S.] the Lord answeride fro the [verse 2] whirlewynd to Joob, and seide, Who is this man, wlappynge [wlappynge togidre I.] sentences with vn|wise wordis? [verse 3] Girde thou as a man thi leendis; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to [Om. I.] me. [verse 4] Where were thou, whanne Y settide [sette I.] the foundementis of [of the I.] erthe? schewe thou to me, if thou hast vndurstondyng. [verse 5] Who settide [hath sett I.] mesures [the mesures I.] therof, if thou knowist [knowist, telle thou I.] ? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne theronne [therupon I. theronne, shewe thou to me S.] ? [verse 6] On [Up on I.] what thing ben the foundementis therof maad fast? ether who

[verse 7] sente doun the corner stoon therof, whanne the morew sterris [that is, aungels V marg.] [the morewe sterris; that is, aungels, that weren maad at the begynnyng, with cleer heuene, bifor departing of elementis. Lire here. C.] herieden [preiseden I.] me togi|dere, and alle the sones of God sungun [sungun thanne I.] ioyfuli? [verse 8] Who closide togidere the see with doris, whanne it brak out comynge [goyng I.] forth as of the wombe? [verse 9] Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therof [of the see I.] , and Y wlappide it with derknesse, as with clothis of ȝong [Om. S.] childhed. [verse 10] Y cumpasside it [the see I.] with my termes, [verse 11] and Y settide [puttide to it I.] a barre, and doris [a dore I.] ; and Y seide, `Til hidur [Hidurto I.] thou schalt come, and thou schalt not go forth [Om. I.] ferthere; and here thou schalt breke togidere thi bol|nynge wawis. [verse 12] Whethir aftir thi birthe thou comaundist [comaundidist wxf.] to the bigynnyng of dai [the dai I.] , and schewidist to the morewtid his place? [verse 13] Whethir thou heldist schakynge togidere the laste partis of erthe, and schakedist awei wickid men therfro? [verse 14] A seeling schal be restorid as cley, and it schal stonde as a [Om. I.] cloth. [verse 15] The liȝt of wickid men schal be takun [don S.] awey fro hem, and an hiȝ arm [arm or proud power I. that is, power of pryde V marg.] [and an hiȝ arm etc.; that is, the power of proude men, that ben borun doun sumtyme in the erthe|mouyng. Lire here. C.] schal be brokun. [verse 16] Whethir thou entridist [hast entrid I.] in to the depthe of the see, and walkidist [hast walked I.] in the laste partis of the [Om. S.] occian [depthe I. the greet west see V marg.] ? [verse 17] Whether the ȝatis of deeth ben openyd to thee, and `siest thou [thou hast seen I.] the derk doris? [verse 18] Whethir thou hast biholde the brede of erthe [the erthe I.] ? Schewe thou to me, if [verse 19] thou knowist alle thingis, in what weie the liȝt dwellith, and which is [it is A pr. m.] the [verse 20] place of derknesse [derknessis EFHLMNOSVXbf.] ; that thou lede [lede out S.] ech thing to hise termes, and [and that I.] thou vndur|stonde the weies of his hows. [verse 21] Wistist thou thanne, that thou schuldist be borun, and knew thou the noumbre of thi daies? [verse 22] Whethir thou entridist in to the tresours of snow, ether biheldist thou the tresours [verse 23] of hail? whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiȝtyng and of batel. [verse 24] Bi what weie is the liȝt spred abrood, heete [and bi what wey heete I.] is departid on [up on I.] erthe? [verse 25] Who ȝaf cours to the strongeste

[verse 26] reyn, and weie of the thundur sownynge? That it schulde reyne on the erthe with out man in desert, where noon of [Om. S.] deedli men dwellith? [verse 27] That it schulde fille a lond with out weie and desolat, and [and that it I.] schulde brynge forth greene eerbis? [verse 28] Who is fadir [fadris I.] of reyn, ether who gendride the dropis of deew? [verse 29] Of whos wombe ȝede out iys, and who gendride [gaat I.] frost [frost IS.] fro heuene? [verse 30] Wa|tris ben maad hard in the licnesse of stoon, and the ouer [ouerer BCD.] part of [Om. O.] occian [depthe I.] is streyned togidere. [verse 31] Whether thou schalt mowe [Om. I.] ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliades [that is, the seuen sterris I marg.] , ethir thou schalt mowe distrie the cumpas of Arturis [Arturis, the whiche is euen north I.] ? [verse 32] Whether thou bryngist forth Lucifer, `that is [or I.] , dai [a dai FSX. the dai BR.] sterre [Gloss om. in V.] , in his tyme, and makist euene [the euene IKS.] sterre to rise on [up on I.] the sones of erthe? [verse 33] Whether thou knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun therof in [on S.] erthe? [verse 34] Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude [Wher thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude; that is, schalt make the vois of thundur, which is gedrid in the cloude. Lire here. C.] , and the fers|nesse of watris schal hile thee? [verse 35] Whethir thou schalt sende [sende out I.] leitis, and tho [thei I.] schulen go [go forth I.] , and tho schulen turne aȝen, and schulen seie to thee, We ben present? [verse 36] Who puttide [hath putt I.] wisdoom in [to I.] the entrailis [entrails; that is, soule. Lire here. C.] of man, ethir who ȝaf vndurstondyng to the cok? [verse 37] Who schal telle out the resoun of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to sleep? [verse 38] Whanne dust was foundid [foundun ELQU.] in [on Df.] the [Om. plures.] erthe, and [and whanne I.] clottis weren ioyned to|gidere? [verse 39] Whether thou schalt take prey to the lionesse, and schalt fille the soulis [gredynesse I.] of [verse 40] hir whelpis, whanne tho [thei I.] liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes? [verse 41] Who makith redi for [to S.] the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho [thei I.] han not meetis?