And sothely sende to Sare a soun and an hayre.' [M. 1 soun, M. 2 son, but cf. 1299, where M. 2 prints same abbrev. sone; perhaps it should here be considered double n as in heuen, 161.]
Þenne swenged forth Sare and swer, by hir trawþe, [MS., M. 1 by, M. 2 hy (prob. misprint).]
Þat for lot þat þay lansed ho laȝed never. [M. lansed, note laused(?).]
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'Now innoghe, hit is not so,' þenne nurned þe Dryȝtyn, [MS. ñned, M. nurned (see Introd., p. x, n. 3).]
'For þou laȝed aloȝ, bot let we hit one.'
With þat þay ros up radly, as þay rayke schulde,
And setten toward Sodamas her syȝt alle at onez;
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For þat cite þerbysyde watz sette in a vale,
No mylez fro Mambre mo þen tweyne,
Where so wonyed þis ilke wyȝ þat wendez wyth oure Lorde,
For to tent hym wyth tale and teche hym þe gate.
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Þen glydez forth God; þe god mon hym folȝez,
Abraham heldez hem wyth, hem to conveye [Fi. for to.]
In towarde þe cety of Sodamas þat synned had þenne
In þe faute of þis fylþe. Þe Fader hem þretes,
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And sayde þus to þe segg þat sued hym after:
'How myȝt I hyde myn hert fro Habraham þe trwe,
Þat I ne dyscovered to his corse my counsayl so dere?
Syþen he is chosen to be chef chyldryn fader,
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Þat so folk schal falle fro, to flete alle þe worlde, [folio 70b]
And uche blod in þat burne blessed schal worþe,
Me bos telle to þat tolk þe tene of my wylle,
And alle myn atlyng to Abraham unhaspe bilyve.
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IX. ABRAHAM'S PLEA FOR LOT
'The grete soun of Sodamas synkkez in myn erez,
And þe gult of Gomorre garez me to wrath.
I schal lyȝt into þat led and loke myselven
If þay haf don as þe dyne dryvez on lofte. [MS. īf, cf. Pearl, 1185, and īs, 1524.]
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