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[Here [begynneth] the bok of Deutro|nomie [From F. Deutronomii B. No initial rubric in ACDEH but only running title.] .] CAP. I.

[verse 1] THES ben the wordis that Moises spak to al Yrael, biȝonde Jordan, in the wijld feeldi wildernes, aȝens the reed see, by|twix [bytwene BDEFH. betwe C.] Pharan and Tophel and Laban and Asseroth, where is mych thing of [verse 2] gold, bi enleuen days fro Oreb bi the wey of the hil of Seyr, vnto Cades Barne. [verse 3] The fourteenthe ȝeer, the enleuenth [enleueth A.] moneth, the first day of the moneth, Moyses spak to the sones of Yrael alle thingis that the Lord hadde comaundid [verse 4] to hym that he shulde seye to hem, after that he smoot Seon, the kyng of Amor|reis, that dwellid [dwllid A.] in Esebon, and Og, the kyng of Basan, that dwellid in Asseroth

[verse 5] and in Edray, biȝonde Jordan, in the loond of Moab. And Moyses biganne to [verse 6] opne the lawe, and seie, The Lord oure God hath spoke to vs in Oreb, seiynge, It suffisith to ȝow that in this hil ȝe han [verse 7] dwelt; turneth aȝen, and cometh to the hil of Amorreis, and to other that there ben next, feeldi, and hilli, and the more lower places aȝens the south; and to the loond biside the brenk of the see of Cha|nanees, and of Libany, vnto the greet flood of Eufraten. [verse 8] Loo! he seith, I haue take it to ȝow; goo ȝe yn, and weelde ȝe it, vpon the which the Lord hath sworn to ȝoure fadres Abraham, Ysaac, and Ja|cob, that he ȝyue it to hem, and to the seed of hem after hem. [verse 9] And I haue seid [verse 10] to ȝow in that tyme, I may not aloone susteyne ȝow, for the Lord ȝoure God hath multiplied ȝow, and ȝe ben many as [verse 11] the sterres of heuene; the Lord God of oure [ȝour C.] fadris adde to this noumbre many thowsandis, and blesse to ȝow, as he hath spokun. [verse 12] Y may not alone ȝoure nedis [verse 13] susteyn, and birthens [birthen BCDEFH.] , and stryues; ȝyue ȝe of ȝow wyse men, and herti, and [Om. BCDE.] whos conuersacioun be preued in ȝoure lynagis, that I putte hem to ȝow princes. [verse 14] Than ȝe answerden to me, A good thing it is that thou wolt doon. [verse 15] And I took of ȝoure lynagis wise men, and noble; and I haue ordeynd hem princes, and tri|bunes, and centuriouns, and quynquage|naryes, and denes, that techen ȝow alle thingis. [verse 16] And I haue comaundide to hem, seiynge, Here ȝe hem, and that is riȝt|wiȝe demeth, whether he be cyteseyn, or pilgrime. [verse 17] Noon shal be distaunce of per|sones; so the litil ȝe shulen here as the more, ne ȝe shulen accept eny mannus persone, for the dome of God it is. And if eny thing hard to ȝow were seen, tellith to me, and I shal here. [verse 18] And I

comaundide alle thingis that ȝe shulden doo. [verse 19] And goon forth fro Oreb, we pass|iden bi feerful deseert and moost wilder|nes, that ȝe han seen, bi the weye of the hil of Amorrei, as the Lord ȝoure God hath comaundide to ȝow. And whanne [verse 20] ȝe weren comen into Cades Barne, Y seide to ȝow, Ȝe ben comen to the hil of Amorrei, that the Lord oure God is to [verse 21] ȝyuynge [ȝiue C.] to vs; looke the loond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee; and sty vp, and weelde it, as the Lord oure God hath spoken to thi fadris; nyl thow drede, ne eny thing be agast. [verse 22] And ȝe comen to me alle, and seiden, Sende we men, that biholden the loond, and tellen to vs bi what weie we shulden stye vp, and to what cytees goon. [verse 23] And whanne to me the word pleside, Y sente of ȝow twelue men, eche by [of BCDEFH.] her lynagis. [verse 24] The whiche whanne thei weren goon, and hadden stied vp into the hillis, thei camen into the valeye of Clustre; and the loond [verse 25] biholdid [behelden B.] , takynge of the fruytis of it, that thei myȝten shewe the plenteuouste, thei brouȝten to vs, and seiden, Good is the loond that the Lord oure God is to ȝyuynge [ȝiue C.] to vs. [verse 26] And ȝe wolden not stye vp, but mysbileuynge to the word of the [verse 27] Lord oure God, ȝe grutchiden in ȝoure tabernaclis, and seiden, The Lord hatith vs, and therfore he hath ladde vs out of the loond of Egipte, that he take vs in the hoond of Amorrei, and doo awey. [verse 28] Whether shulen we stie vp? the messan|geris han feerde oure hertis [herte CE.] , seiynge, The moost multitude is, and [Om. A.] in stature more shapplych than we; greet citees, and in to heuene wallid; the sones of Enachym we han seen there. [verse 29] And I seide to ȝow, [verse 30] Wole ȝe not be feryde, ne drede ȝe; the

Lord God, that is oure ledere, for vs he shal fiȝte, as he hath doo in Egipte, alle men seynge. [verse 31] And in wildernes, ȝe han seen, the Lord thi God hath born thee, as a man is wonyd to bere a litil child, his sone, in alle weie bi the which ȝe han goo, to the tyme that ȝe comen to this place. [verse 32] And ȝit not thus forsothe ȝe [verse 33] leeueden to the Lord ȝoure God, that wente before ȝou in the weie, and hath set the place in the [Om. C.] whiche ȝe shulden picche tentis, the nyȝt shewynge the weie to ȝow bi fier, and the dai bi piler [the piler CE.] of a clowde. [verse 34] And whanne the Lord hadde herde the voyce of ȝoure wordis, [verse 35] wrooth he swore, and seith, There shal not se eny man of the men of this worst generacioun the good loond, that vndur [verse 36] ooth Y haue bihoot to ȝoure fadris, saue Caleph, the sone of Jephone; he forsothe shal se it, and to hym I shal ȝyue the loond that he hath troden, and to his sones, for he hath folwid the Lord. [verse 37] Ne the indignacioun aȝen the puple is to be meruelid, sith to me forsothe the Lord wrooth for ȝow, seide, Ne thow shalt go [verse 38] in thidir, but Josue, the sone of Nun, thi seruaunt, he shal goo yn [yn thidir A.] for thee; this enfourme thow, and strengthe, that he the loond bi lot dyuyde to Yrael. [verse 39] Ȝoure litil children, of the [Om. C.] whiche ȝe han seid, that [Om. A.] cheytif thei shulen be lad, and the sones that to day of good and yuel vn|known the distaunce, thei shulen goon yn; and to hem Y shal ȝyue the loond, and thei shulen weeld it. [verse 40] Ȝe forsothe turneth aȝen, and goth thens into wilder|nes, bi the weie of the Reed See. [verse 41] And ȝe answerden to me, We han synned to the Lord; we shulen stie vp, and fiȝten, as the Lord oure God hath comaundid.

And whanne ȝe, tauȝt in armes, wolden [verse 42] goo into the hil, the Lord seith to me, Sey thou to hem, Wole ȝe not stie vp, ne fiȝte; forsothe Y am not with ȝow, lest ȝe fallen before ȝoure enemyes. [verse 43] I spak, and ȝe herden not, but contrariynge to the heest of the Lord, and bolnynge bi pride, ȝe stieden vp into the hil. [verse 44] And so Amorre gon out, that dwelt in the hillis, and aȝen comynge pursuede vs, as been ben [beth E.] wont to be pursued, and slewen doun fro Seyr vnto Horma. [verse 45] And whanne turned aȝen ȝe wepten before the Lord, he herde ȝow not, ne to ȝour voys wolde [verse 46] assent; ȝe seeten therfor in Cades Barne myche tyme.