that the enchanters could ne might not stand for pain tofore Pharaoh.  Yet would not Pharaoh hear them, nor do as God had commanded.  The seventh plague was a hail so great that there was never none like tofore, and thunder and fire that it destroyed all the grass and herbs of Egypt and smote down all that was in the field, men and beasts.  But in the land of Goshen was none heard ne harm done.  Yet would not Pharaoh deliver them.  The eighth our Lord sent to them locusts, which is a manner great fly, called in some place an adder-bolte, which bit them and ate up all the corn and herbs that was left, in such wise that the people came to Pharaoh and desired him to deliver, saying that the land perished.  Then Pharaoh gave to the men license to go and make their sacrifice, and leave their wives and children there still, till they came again, but Moses and Aaron said they must go all, wherefore he would not let them depart.  The ninth plague and vengeance was that God sent so great darkness upon all the land of Egypt that the darkness was so great and horrible that they were palpable, and it endured three days and three nights.  Wheresoever the children of Israel went it was light.

Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said to them:  Go ye and make your sacrifice unto your Lord God, and let your sheep and beasts only abide.  To whom Moses said:  We shall take with us such hosties and sacrifices as we shall offer to our Lord God.  All our flocks and beasts shall go with us, there shall not remain as much as a nail that shall be necessary in the honor of our Lord God, for we know not what we shall offer till we come to the place.  Pharaoh was so indurate and hard-hearted that he would not let them go, and bade Moses that he should no more come in his sight.  For when thou comest thou shalt die.  Moses answered:  Be it as thou hast said:  I shall no more come to thy presence.  And then our Lord said to Moses:  There resteth now but one plague and vengeance, and after that he shall let you go.  But first say to all the people that every man borrow of his friend, and woman of her neighbor, vessels of gold and silver, and clothes; our Lord shall give to his people grace and favor to borrow of the Egyptians; and then gave to them a commandment how they should depart.  And our Lord said to Moses:  At midnight I shall enter into Egypt and the first-begotten child and heir of all Egypt shall die, from the first-begotten son of Pharaoh that sitteth in his throne unto the first-begotten son of the handmaid that sitteth at the mill, and all the first-begotten of the beasts.  There shall be a great cry and clamor in all the land of Egypt in such wise that there was never none like, ne never shall be after, and among all the children there shall not an hound be hurt, ne woman, ne beast, whereby ye shall know by what miracle God divideth the Egyptian and Israel.  Moses and Aaron showed all these signs and plagues tofore Pharaoh, and his heart was so indurate that he would not let them depart.