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Abraham. with my maister. Neither had he yet ended these words within himselfe, & behold Rebecca came forth, the daughter of Bathuel, the sonne of Melcha wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, hauing a tankard on her shoulder; a passing comely maid, & most beautiful virgin, & not knowen to man: and she was gone downe to the fountaine, and had filled her tankard, and came backe. And the seruant ranne to meet her, and said: Giue me a little water to drinke of thy tankard. Who answered: Drinke my Lord. And quickly she let downe the tankard vpon her arme, and gaue him drinke. And when he had drunke, she added: but for thy camels also I wil draw water, til al doe drinke. And powring out the tankard into the troughs, she ranne backe to the wel to draw water: and being drawen gaue it to al the camels. But he musing beheld her with silence, desirous to know whether our Lord had made his iourney prosperous or not. And after that the camels had drunke, the man plucked forth golden earelettes, weyghing two sicles, and as manie braceletts of tenne sicles weight. And he said to her: Whose daughter art thou? shew me; is there anie place in thy fathers house to lodge? Who answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the sonne of Melcha, whom she bare to Nachor. And she added, saying: Of straw also and hay we haue good store, and a large place to lodge in. The man bowed himselfe, and adored our Lord, saying: Blessed be the Lord God of my Lord Abraham, that hath not taken away his mercie & truth from my Lord, and hath brought me the streight way into the house of my Lords brother. The maid therfore ranne, and reported into her mothers house al things that she had heard. And Rebecca had a brother named Laban, who in al hast went forth to the man, where the fountaine was. And when he had seen the earelets and bracelets in his sisters hands, and had heard al her words reporting: These words spake the man vnto me: he came to the man which stoode beside the camels, and nigh to the fountaine of water: and said to him: Come in, thou blessed of our Lord: Why standest thou without? I haue prepared the house, and a place for the camels. And he brought him in into his lodging: and he vnharnessed the camels, and gaue straw and hay, and water to wash his feet, and of the men that were come with him. And bread was set before him. Who said: I wil not eate til I speake my message. He answered him: Speake. And he said: I am the seruant of Abraham: and our Lord hath blessed my Lord wonderfully, and he is magnified: and he hath giuen him sheep, & oxen, siluer and gold, men seruants & women seruants, camels, and asses. And Sara my Lordes wife hath borne my Lord a sonne in her old age, and he hath giuen him al things that he had. And my Lord adiured me saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my sonne of the Chananites, in whose land I dwel: but thou shalt goe to my fathers house, and of mine owne kindred shalt thou take a wife for my sonne: but I answered my Lord: What if the woman Rh