[The Pentateuch]

¶ The second Chapter.

¶ The seconde Chapter.

And there went a man of the house of Levi and toke a daughter of Levi. And the wife conceived and bare a son. And when she saw that it was a proper child, she hid him three months long. And when she could no longer hide him, she toke a basket of bulrushes and daubed it with slime and pitch, and laid the child therein, and put it in the flags by the rivers brink. And his sister stood a far of, to wit what would come of it.

ANd there wēt a mā of the house of Leui ād toke a doughter of Leui. And the wife cōceaued ād bare a sonne. And whē she sawe that it was a propre childe, she hyd him thre monethes longe. And whē she coude no longer hyde him, she toke a basket of bulrusshes ād dawbed it with slyme ād pytche, ād layde the childe therin, ād put it in the flagges by the riuers brynke. And his sister stode a ferre of, to wete what wold come of it.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to wash her self, and her maidens walked a long by the rivers side. And when she saw the basket among the flags, she sent one of her maids and caused it to be fetch. And when she had opened it she saw the child. and behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on it and said: it is one of the Hebrews children

And the doughter of Pharao came doune to the riuer to washe her selfe, and hir maydens walked a longe by the riuers syde. And when she sawe the basket amōge the flagges, she sent one of hir maydes and caused it to be fet. And whē she had opened it she sawe the childe. and behold, the babe wepte. And she had cōpassiō on it ād sayde: it is one of the Ebrues childern