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CAP. XXXI.

[verse 1] And so Moyses ȝede [ȝede awey E pr. m.] , and spak alle [verse 2] thes wordes to al Yrael, and seide to hem, Of an hundrid and twenti ȝeer Y am to day, Y may namore goon out and come yn, namelich whanne and the Lord hath seide to me, Thow shalt not passe this Jordan. [verse 3] Therfor the Lord thi God shall passe before thee; he shal doo a wey alle thes gentils in thi siȝt, and thow shalt weeld hem; and this Josue shal passe be|fore thee, as the Lord hath spoken. [verse 4] And the Lord shal doo to hem as he dide to Seon, and to Og, the kyng of Amorreis, and to the loond of hem; and he shal do hem a wey. [verse 5] Whanne thanne and thes he shal taak to ȝow, lijk maner ȝe shulen doo to hem, as I haue comaundid to ȝow. [verse 6] Manlich do ȝe, and `be ȝe [beth C.] coumfortid; wole ȝe not be feerd, ne dred at the siȝt of hem, for the Lord thi God he ys thi leder, and he shal not leeue, ne forsaak thee. [verse 7] And Moises clepide [cleep EF.] Josue, and seide to hym before al the multitude of the sones of Yrael, Tak coumfort, and be thow strong; forsothe thow shal lede in

this puple into the loond that the Lord hath sworn hym to ȝeuynge [ȝiue C. ȝeuyn E sec. m.] to the faders of hem; and thow shalt it dyuyde bi lot. [verse 8] And the Lord that is ȝour leder, he shal be with thee, ne shal leeue [leeue thee C.] ne forsaak thee; wole thow not drede, ne be feerd. [verse 9] And so Moyses wroot this lawe, and took it to the preestis, the sones of Leuy, that beren the ark of the boond of pees of the Lord, and to alle the aldren [elders C.] of Yrael. [verse 10] And he comaundide to hem, seiynge, After seuen ȝeer the ȝeer of remyssioun, in the solempnytees of the tabernaclis, [verse 11] alle men of Yrael comynge togidre, that thei aperen in the siȝt of the Lord her God, in the place that the Lord hath chosun, thow shalt rede the wordis of this [verse 12] lawe before al Yrael, hem herynge, and in oon al thi puple gedrid, as wel men as wymmen, litil children [childer C.] , and comlyngis that ben with ynne thi ȝaatis; that her|ynge thei lernen, and dreden the Lord oure God, and keep and fulfille alle the [verse 13] wordis of this lawe; forsothe the sones of hem that now vnknowen, that thei mowen here, and thei dredden the Lord her God alle days in the [Om. C.] whiche thei dwellen in erthe to the which, Jordan ouer put, ȝe shulen goon that it be had. [verse 14] And the Lord seide to Moyses, Loo! nyȝ ben the days of thi deeth; cleep Josue, and stoond ȝe in the tabernacle of wit|nessynge, that Y comaunde to hym. Therfor Moyses and Josue ȝeden, and stoden in the tabernacle of witnessynge; [verse 15] and the Lord aperide there in a pelere of a clowde, that stood in the entre of the tabernacle. [verse 16] And the Lord seide to Moyses, Loo! thow shalt sleepe with thi fadris, and this puple arysynge [risende C.] shall doo forny|cacioun after alien goddis, in the loond to the which he shal goon yn, and dwelle in it; there he shal forsaak me and make

at nouȝt the couenaunt of pees, that Y couenauntid with hym. [verse 17] And my woodnes shal wraththe aȝens hym in that day, and Y shal forsaak hym, and hiyde my face fro hym, and he shal be into deuowr|ynge; and alle yuels and turmentyngis shulen fynde hym, so that he seie in that day, Forsothe for God is not with me, thes yuels han foundun me. [verse 18] Forsothe Y shal hide, and hile my face in that day, for alle the yuels that he hath doo, for he hath [Om. H.] folwid [suede BCEFH.] alien goddis. [verse 19] And so now wryte ȝe to ȝow this songe, and teche ȝe the sones of Yrael, that mynd|fulli [myndeful C.] thei hoolden, and with mouth synge; and this dyte be to me for witnessinge among the sones of Yrael. [verse 20] Forsothe I shal leede hym into the loond, for the [Om. C.] which I haue sworn to the fadris of hym, mylk and hony flowynge; and whanne thei hadden eete, and weren fillid, and fat, thei shulen turn to alien goddis, and serue to hem; and myssey [myssygge BDEFH.] to me, and thei shulen make at nouȝt my couenaunt. [verse 21] After that many yuels and tourment|yngis han founden hym, this songe shal answere to hym for witnessynge, that no forȝetynge shal doo awey fro the mouth of thi seed. I knowe forsothe the thowȝtis of hym, what thingis he be to doo, to day or [er CE.] Y lede hym into the loond that I haue bihoot to hym. [verse 22] Thanne Moyses wroot a songe, and tauȝte the sones of Yrael. [verse 23] And the Lord comaundide to Josue, the sone of Nun, and seith, Tak coumfort, and be stronge; forsothe thou shal brynge yn the sones of Yrael into the loond that I haue bihoot, and I shal be with thee. [verse 24] After thanne that Moises wroot the wordes of this lawe in a volym, and ful|fillide, [verse 25] he comaundide to the Leuytis that beren the arke of the boond of pees

[verse 26] of the Lord, seiynge, Take ȝe this book, and puttith it in the side of the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord ȝoure God, that it be there aȝens thee into witness|ynge. [verse 27] Forsothe Y knowe thi stryuynge, and thi moost hard nol; ȝit lyuynge me, and goynge yn with ȝowe, euermore stry|uyngly ȝe diden aȝens the Lord; myche more whanne I shal be [were E pr. m.] deed. [verse 28] Gedre ȝe to me alle the more thurȝ birth, bi ȝoure lynages, and doctours, and I shal speke hem, herynge thes wordes, and I shal in|wardly clepe aȝens hem heuene and erthe. [verse 29] Forsothe I haue knowun, that after my deeth wickidlich [wickeli C.] ȝe shulen doo, and ȝe shulen bowe aside soon fro the wey that I haue comaundide to ȝow; and there shulen come aȝens to ȝou yuels in the last tyme, whanne ȝe han doon yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, that ȝe terren hym bi the werkys of ȝoure hoondis. [verse 30] Thanne Moyses spak, herynge al the company of Yrael, the wordis of this dite, and [Om. A.] vnto [to E pr. m.] the eende fulfillid.