Iacob and Iosep; a middle English poem of the thirteenth century, ed. by Arthur S. Napier.

                                
                                  Hi comen to þis chapmen & sseweden here tale,
                                
                                  Iosep in þe pette hi chepeden to sale.
                                
                                  Þis chapmen beþ wise & axeþ wer he be.
                                
                                  'Comeþ ner,' hi seiden, '& ȝe him mowen ise;
                                
                                  Hit is a swiþe feir child & of kunne heiȝ.'
                                  Line 125 
                                
                                  Mid þat ilke worde þe pet hi weren neiȝ.
                                
                                  Hi drowen vp Iosep mid one longe rope,
                                
                                  Ac one gode while ne miȝte he speke for wope.
                                
                                  Þis chapmen biholdeþ Iosep, þat beþ swiþe wis,
                                
                                  & Iosep to begge swiþe lef hem is.
                                  Line 130 
                                
                                  Hi chepeþ & hi bedeþ, sone hi beþ at on.
                                
                                  Iosep wrang his honden & was ful sori man.
                                
                                  Hi casten hond to purse, þe panes beþ itold;
                                
                                  Nou helpe Crist Iosep, so ȝung he is isold.
                                
                                  Þis chapmen fengeþ þat child, þis breþren þat fe;
                                  Line 135 
                                
                                  Darf no man axe wer Iosep sori be; [folio 3b] 
                                
                                  For euere ase hi hine ledeþ, euer he wepeþ,
                                
                                  His fader & his moder ȝung he forleteþ.
                                
                                  Þis chapmen beþ wel bliþe þat Iosep habbeþ ibouȝt,
                                
                                  & vpon þe sestronde hi him habbeþ ibrouȝt.
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  Þis chapmen nimeþ Iosep riȝt bi þe hond,
                                
                                  & so hi ledeþ Iosep into Egipte lond.
                                
                                  Ac of Egiptene speche couþe he no þing,
                                
                                  For þi he wepte sore, þis ilke ȝungling.
                                
                                  Hi ladden Iosep into þe burȝ, þat riche was & strong:
                                  Line 145 
                                
                                  Castles heie & proute, stretes wide & long,
                                
                                  Mani feir halle & mani feir bour,
                                
                                  Whit so eni lilie, briȝt so eni flour.
                                
                                  Muche was þe blisse þat was in þe burȝ,
                                
                                  Iosep for to sullen hi ladden þurȝ & þurȝ.
                                  Line 150 
                                
                                  Þider comen kniȝtes & burgeis ful bolde,
                                
                                  Hi comen into þe strete Iosep to biholde.

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Title: Iacob and Iosep; a middle English poem of the thirteenth century, ed. by Arthur S. Napier.
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Publication: Oxford,: Clarendon press,; 1916.

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