In þat cuntree þat I. of speke.
was a lording hiȝt amalek
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atte on ham faȝt & þai on him.
in a stede hiȝt raphidim.
moises þen calde Iosue.
Line 6407
and made him maister of þat semble.
chese ȝe he saide wiȝt men and freke
for to fiȝt wiþ ameleke.
and I. salle on ȝon hil stande
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and goddes ȝerde halde in my hande.
¶ to þis fiȝt þai dide ham sone.
bot sir moises and aron.
went a-pon þis hey hille [folio 37a:1]
In hope allane of goddis wille.
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Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...
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- Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...
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- London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,
- 1874-93.
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"Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AJT8128.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.
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þe quilest moises helde vp his hende
hit was wele in þe batel kende.
Line 6418
for ay to quilest witerly
had goddis folk þe ouer maistri.
¶ and if he slaked any siþe
Amalek wan als squiþe.
Line 6422
so lange he helde ham vp wiþ þis.
atte slake þai most maugrefe his
[ [[from Laud MS. 416]] Of werynes was no wondir
They gedird stonys & leid hym vnder
Euyr held he vp & Araon
Line 6427
his hondis tylle the fight was don
Vndir eythir hond was oon
That held hym stille as eny stone]
and be þe sunne be-gan to helde
wiþ israel was left þe felde.
Line 6432
Petro þe preste of madian.
þat was moises kynnesman.
quen he herd how þai had done
be-twix israel and pharaon.
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to speke wiþ moises he cam.
and broȝt him his wife Sephoram.
wiþ his ij. sones þat ho bere
gersan and elieser.
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¶ þis ilk folk was vntelland
at moises had at [[this word added above the line]] vnderhande.
þat dide him selcouþ grete trauail.
til atte ietro him gaf counsaile.
Line 6444
vnder baillifes ham to sette.
quar þorou in riȝt þai sulde be gette
in smal wranges at þare ware
and to þa atte grete birthin bare
Line 6448
Namly þat felle to gastlines.
sulde wissed be þorou moises.
