{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/fab/fab116.htm","path":"neu/celt/fab/fab116.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/fab/fab116.htm","text":"THE Hebrews took upon the sons of Israel,\n High in mind,\n A joint number in succession.\n They approached.\n God kept vengeance\n On the people of Pharaonus.\n Ten plagues paining\n Before their being drowned\n In the bottomless sea.\n 10 The first plague, fish destroying\n With unusual cold.\n The second plague, frogs abundant,\n They filled the rivers,\n The houses and furniture,\n And couches,\n And closets of meat.\n The third, gnats,\n Bold and sharp, were arranged.\n The fourth, a: sharp watery humour\n 90 Strikes in the manner of winged insects.\n Next were devoured\n The fruits of the trees and the field\n By a crop of flies. p. 560\n The fifth, murrain.\n On all the children\n Of the Egyptians,\n Animals were destroyed.\n With a heavy disease\n They were all smitten.\n 30 The sixth, without deceit,\n Sweating imposthumes,\n The scars of ants.\n The seventh, thunder,\n Hail and fire,\n And rain destructive.\n Wind blasting the tops,\n On leaves and shrubs.\n The eighth, locusts,\n Broad their ears,\n 40 Devouring flowers.\n The ninth, prodigious\n To be spoken of, terrible,\n Like waves floating\n Black darkness.\n With a countenance gloomy.\n Tenth, in the night\n The greatest affliction\n On the People of the tribes,\n Christ Jesus, Christians, are prostrate\n 50 Until they are in shelter.\n The six hundred warriors\n Of the Hebrew soldiers.","title":"Four Ancient Books of Wales: V. Poems Relating to Jewish History.: CI. The Plagues of Egypt. Book of Taliessin XXII.","type":"page"}