Numbers 22:11-15

¹¹a puple which is gon out of Egipt hilide the face of erthe; come thou, and curse hem, if in ony maner Y may fiyte, and dryue hym awey.

¹²And God seide to Balaam, Nyle thou go with hem, nether curse thou the puple, for it is blessid.

¹³Which Balaam roos eerli, and seide to the princes, Go ye in to youre lond, for God forbeed me to come with you.

¹⁴The princes turneden ayen, and seiden to Balaach, Balaam nolde come with vs.

¹⁵Eft Balaach sente many mo and noblere men, than he hadde sent bifore;