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CAP. II.

[verse 1] And goon forth thens, we comen into wildernes that ledith to the Reed See, as the Lord seide to me; and we enuy|rounden the hil of Seyr long tyme. [verse 2] And [verse 3] the Lord seide to me, Suffice it to ȝow to goon about this hil; goo ȝe aȝens the north. [verse 4] And to the puple comaund, sei|ynge, Ȝe shulen passe bi the coostis of ȝoure britheren, the sones of Esau, that dwellen in Seyr, and thei shulen drede ȝow. [verse 5] Se ȝe therfor bisilych, that ȝe ben not meued aȝens hem; ne forsothe I shal ȝeue to ȝow of the loond of hem as myche as the stap of a foot may treede, for into the possessioun of Esau Y haue ȝyue the hil of Seyr. [verse 6] Meetis ȝe shulen bigge [bie C.] of hem for money, and eten; wa|ter bouȝt ȝe shulen drawe, and drynke. [verse 7] The Lord thi God hath blessid to thee in al the werk of thin hoondes; he hath knowun thi weie, what maner wise thow hast passid this greet wildernes, bi fourti

ȝeer, the Lord thi God dwellynge with thee, and no thing failed to thee. [verse 8] And whanne we hadden passid bi oure bri|theren, the sones of Esau, that dwelliden in Seyr, bi the feeldi weie fro Elath, and fro Asiongaber, we camen to the weie that ledith into deseert of Moab. [verse 9] And the Lord seide to me, Fiȝt thow not aȝens Moabites, ne go thou in aȝens hem to bateyl; forsothe I shal not ȝyue to thee eny thing of the loond of hem, for to the sones of Loth Y haue take Ar into pos|sessioun. [verse 10] Emyn weren the first dwellers of it, a greet puple, and a stroong, and [verse 11] so hiȝe, that of Enachym lynage as geauntis thei ben trowed, and weren lijk of the sones of Enachym; therfor Moab|ites clepen hem Emyn. [verse 12] In Seyr forsothe rather dwelten Horrey, the whiche put out and doon awei, the sones of Esau dwelliden, as Yrael dide in the loond of his possessioun, that the Lord ȝaf to hym. [verse 13] Thanne arysynge, that we myȝten passe the streem of Zareth, we camen to it. [verse 14] Forsothe the tyme, in the which we wenten fro Cades Barne vnto the pass|ynge of the streem of Zareth, was of eiȝt and thretti ȝeer, to the tyme that al the congregacioun of men of bateyl weren wastid fro the tentis, as the Lord swore; [verse 15] whos hoond was aȝens hem, that thei dien fro the myddil of the tentis. [verse 16] For|sothe [verse 17] aftir that alle the [Om. A.] fiȝters fellen, the [verse 18] Lord spak to me, seiynge, Thou shalt passe to day the coostis of Moab, the [verse 19] citee, Ar bi name; and comynge nyȝ into the side coostis of the sones of Amon, be war lest thow fiȝte aȝens hem, ne be thou meued to batayl; forsothe Y shal not ȝeue to thee of the loond of the sones of Amon, for to the sones of Loth I haue [ha C.] ȝeue it into possessioun. [verse 20] The loond of geauntis it is holdun, and in it sum tyme dwelten geauntis, whom the Ammonytes

[verse 21] clepen Zoumym; myche puple, and greet, and of feyre lengthe, as Enachym, whom the Lord dide awey fro the face of hem, [verse 22] and made hem to dwelle for hem, as he dide to the sones of Esau, that dwellen [dwelten C.] in Seyr, doynge awey Horreis, and the loond of hem to hem takynge, the which thei weelden vnto the tyme that is nowe. [verse 23] Forsothe Eueos, that dwellen in Asserym vnto Gazam, men of Capadoce putten out; the whiche goon out fro Capadoce, diden hem awey, and dwelliden for hem. [verse 24] Ryse ȝe, and passith the streem of Ar|non; loo! Y haue takun in thin hoond Seon, the kyng of Esebon, and [Om. E.] Amor|reis [of Amorreis CE.] ; and the loond of it bigynne to take possessioun, and doo aȝens hym batayle. [verse 25] To day Y shal bigynne to sende drede and thi feerde into puplis that dwellen vndur al heuen, that thi name herd, thei dreden, and bi maner of wymmen berynge child thei bigynnen to tremble, and with sorwe biholden. [verse 26] Y sente [sende E.] therfore mes|sangeris fro the wildernes of Cademoch to Seon, the kyng of Esebon, bi pesible [verse 27] wordis, seiynge, We shulen passe bi thi loond, the comoun weye we shulen goo; we shulen not goo aside, ne to the ryȝt ne to the left. [verse 28] Lyuelodis bi prijs sel to vs, that we eeten; water for money ȝif, and so we shulen drynke. Oonlich is, that thow graunte to vs passyng forth, [verse 29] as the sones of Esau diden, that dwellen in Seyr, and Moabitis, that dwellen in Ar, to the tyme that we comen to Jor|dan, and passe to the loond that the Lord oure God is to ȝyuynge [ȝiue C.] to vs. [verse 30] And Seon, the kyng of Esebon, wolde not ȝyue to vs passynge; for the Lord, thi God, inwardly hardide the spirite of hym,

and aȝen festnede the herte of hym, that so he were take into thin hoondis, as now thow seest. [verse 31] And the Lord seide to me, Loo! Y haue begunne to take to thee Seon, and the loond of hym; bigynne to weelde it. [verse 32] And Seon goon out to mete with vs, with al his puple, to the batayle in Jasa. [verse 33] And the Lord oure God took hym to vs, and we han smyten hym, with his sones, and al his puple. [verse 34] And alle the cytees in that tyme we token, sleyn the dwellers of hem, `men, and [Om. A.] wymmen, and children; we laften not in hem eny thing, [verse 35] out take beestys that camen into the part of the praye takers, and spoylis of the citees whiche we token. [verse 36] Fro Aroer, that is vpon the brenke of the streem of Arnon, fro the wallid town that in the valeye is set, vnto Galaad, was no street or cytee, that oure hoondis askapide. Alle [verse 37] the Lord oure God took to vs; with oute the loond of the sones of Amon, to the [Om. C.] which we comen not nyȝ, and alle that liggen [lin C.] to the streem of Jeboch, and the mounteyn citees, and alle the places fro the [Om. C.] whiche the Lord oure God hath de|fendid [defenden D.] vs.